Chinese symbol for “apricot”
杏
xìng
apricot; (bound form) almond
The closest CC-CEDICT match for apricot is 杏 (xìng), defined as: apricot; (bound form) almond.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “apricot”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 杏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杏仁 | xìng rén | almond; apricot kernel |
| 银杏 (銀杏) | yín xìng | ginkgo |
| 杏子 | xìng zi | apricot |
| 红杏出墙 (紅杏出牆) | hóng xìng chū qiáng | lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom); fig. a wife having an illicit lover |
| 杏树 (杏樹) | xìng shù | apricot tree |
| 杏林 | xìng lín | forest of apricot trees; (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉 (Dǒng Fèng), 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant |
See also: Japanese symbol for “apricot”.
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.