蔻 — Chinese character
蔻
kòu
nutmeg, cardamom
- Pinyin
- kòu
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 艹 寇
- Formation
- pictophonetic — herb; meaning component 艹; sound component 寇
Common words with 蔻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肉豆蔻 | ròu dòu kòu | nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt); mace |
| 豆蔻 | dòu kòu | cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum); fig. a girl's teenage years |
| 豆蔻年华 (豆蔻年華) | dòu kòu nián huá | (idiom) (of a girl) 13 or 14 years old; early teens; adolescence |
| 白豆蔻 | bái dòu kòu | cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) |
| 小豆蔻 | xiǎo dòu kòu | Indian cardamom (Amomum cardamomum) |
| 肉豆蔻科 | ròu dòu kòu kē | Myristicaceae (family of plants including nutmeg) |
| 蔻丹 | kòu dān | nail polish (loanword, from "Cutex") |
| 蔻蔻 | kòu kòu | (loanword) cocoa |
English words written with 蔻
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.