Chinese symbol for “alder”
桤
qī
Traditional: 榿
alder
The closest CC-CEDICT match for alder is 桤 (qī), defined as: alder.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “alder”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 桤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 桤木 (榿木) | qī mù | alder |
| 桤树 (榿樹) | qī shù | long peduncled alder (Alnus cremastogyne); Alnus trebeculata |
| 红桤树 (紅榿樹) | hóng qī shù | red alder (Alnus rubra) |
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.