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Vegetarianism and veganism are growing trends in China. Public Radio International estimated in 2013 that 4-5% of China's population was vegetarian, representing over 50 million people.[1]
Like many other languages, the Chinese languages did not have a native word for the English word "vegan" and often uses 纯素 （"pure Vegetarian"）to refer to it.[2] In 2020, the Beijing-based Good Food Fund had a national call for finding one native Chinese character to represent "vegan" and an ancient character 茻 stood out. Pronounced “mǎng”, this ancient character is rarely used in modern contexts. The dictionary definition of 茻 is “densely growing plants”. According to the China Vegan Society, this character represents a world filled with sprouting plants, vibrant and green. Each of the four 屮 that make up 茻 represents a sprouting plant. In ancient Chinese, there are four characters composed entirely from 屮:
屮 (chè): plants sprouting
艸 (cǎo): grass
芔 (huì): a general term for plants
茻 (mǎng): densely growing plants
These four characters as representing the spectrum of plant-based lifestyles, from a less plant-based lifestyle (屮) to 100% plant-based or vegan (茻). The idea is to move more people toward 茻 on this spectrum.[3]
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