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Chinese symbol for “thicken”

增厚
zēng hòu
to thicken

The closest CC-CEDICT match for thicken is 增厚 (zēng hòu), defined as: to thicken.

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

增 zēng
to increase; to expand; to augment; to add
radical 32 ⼟ · 15 strokes
厚 hòu
generous; substantial; deep (as a friendship)
radical 27 ⼚ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “thicken”

WordPinyinMeaning
变厚 (變厚)biàn hòuto thicken
增稠zēng chóuto thicken

Related words

Other words that share a character with 增厚.

WordPinyinMeaning
增加zēng jiāto raise; to increase
增长 (增長)zēng zhǎngto grow; to increase
增强 (增強)zēng qiángto increase; to strengthen
新增xīn zēngto add (sth new); newly added; additional
增多zēng duōto increase; to grow in number
增设 (增設)zēng shèto add to existing facilities or services
浓厚 (濃厚)nóng hòudense; thick (fog, clouds etc)
深厚shēn hòudeep; profound

See also: Japanese symbol for “thicken”.

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.

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