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Chinese symbol for “uterus”

子宫
zǐ gōng
Traditional: 子宮
uterus; womb

The closest CC-CEDICT match for uterus is 子宫 (zǐ gōng), defined as: uterus; womb.

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

子 zǐ
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes
宫 gōng
palace; surname
radical 40 ⼧ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “uterus”

WordPinyinMeaning
胞宫 (胞宮)bāo gōnguterus; womb

Related words

Other words that share a character with 子宫.

WordPinyinMeaning
孩子hái zichild
儿子 (兒子)ér zison
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)
妻子qī zǐwife and children
样子 (樣子)yàng ziappearance; manner
宫殿 (宮殿)gōng diànpalace; measure word: 座 (zuò)
皇宫 (皇宮)huáng gōngimperial palace
宫廷 (宮廷)gōng tíngcourt (of king or emperor)

See also: Japanese symbol for “uterus”.

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.