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Chinese symbol for “stud”

公畜
gōng chù
stud; male animal kept to breed offspring

The closest CC-CEDICT match for stud is 公畜 (gōng chù), defined as: stud; male animal kept to breed offspring.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

公 gōng
fair, equitable; public; duke
radical 12 ⼋ · 4 strokes
畜 chù
livestock, domestic animals
radical 102 ⽥ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “stud”

WordPinyinMeaning
饰钉 (飾釘)shì dīngstud (for decorating clothing, shoes, belts etc)
种公畜 (種公畜)zhǒng gōng chùstud; male breeding stock (of animal species)
公马 (公馬)gōng mǎmale horse; stallion
种畜 (種畜)zhǒng chùbreeding stock (of animal species); stud

Related words

Other words that share a character with 公畜.

WordPinyinMeaning
公司gōng sīcompany; firm; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
公开 (公開)gōng kāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release
公民gōng míncitizen
公布 (公佈)gōng bùvariant of 公布 (gōng bù)
公里gōng lǐkilometer
牲畜shēng chùfarm animal; livestock
畜生chù shengdomestic animal; brute
畜牧xù mùto raise animals

See also: Japanese symbol for “stud”.

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.