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Chinese symbol for “tiller”

分蘖
fēn niè
to tiller; to produce secondary shoots (in cereal crops); tiller; secondary shoot emerging from the base of a plant (e.g. rice, wheat)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tiller is 分蘖 (fēn niè), defined as: to tiller; to produce secondary shoots (in cereal crops); tiller; secondary shoot emerging from the base of a plant (e.g. rice, wheat).

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

分 fēn
to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes
蘖 niè
stump, sprout
radical 140 ⾋ · 21 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 分蘖.

WordPinyinMeaning
部分bù fenpart; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
分析fēn xīto analyze; analysis
分别 (分別)fēn biéto part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart
分钟 (分鐘)fēn zhōngminute
十分shí fēnvery; completely
分享fēn xiǎngto share (esp. sth enjoyable, useful or beneficial)
蘖枝 (櫱枝)niè zhībranch stem

See also: Japanese symbol for “tiller”.

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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