Chinese symbol for “spawn”
卵
luǎn
egg; ovum; spawn; (coll.) testicles; (old) penis; (expletive) fucking
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spawn is 卵 (luǎn), defined as: egg; ovum; spawn; (coll.) testicles; (old) penis; (expletive) fucking.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “spawn”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 菌种 (菌種) | jūn zhǒng | (microorganism) species; strain; (fungus and mushroom) spore; spawn |
| 衍伸 | yǎn shēn | to give rise (to); to spawn |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 卵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 产卵 (產卵) | chǎn luǎn | to lay eggs |
| 卵巢 | luǎn cháo | ovary |
| 卵子 | luǎn zǐ | ovum |
| 排卵 | pái luǎn | to ovulate |
| 输卵管 (輸卵管) | shū luǎn guǎn | Fallopian tube; oviduct |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spawn”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.