Chinese symbol for “asparagus”
芦笋
lú sǔn
Traditional: 蘆筍
asparagus; edible young shoots of reeds
The closest CC-CEDICT match for asparagus is 芦笋 (lú sǔn), defined as: asparagus; edible young shoots of reeds.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “asparagus”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天门冬 (天門冬) | tiān mén dōng | asparagus |
| 龙须菜 (龍鬚菜) | lóng xū cài | asparagus; (Tw) young shoots of the chayote vine 佛手瓜 (fó shǒu guā) |
| 石刁柏 | shí diāo bǎi | asparagus |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 芦笋.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 葫芦 (葫蘆) | hú lu | calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist |
| 芦苇 (蘆葦) | lú wěi | reed |
| 芦荟 (蘆薈) | lú huì | aloe vera |
| 芦笙 (蘆笙) | lú shēng | reed-pipe wind instrument |
| 芦花 (蘆花) | lú huā | reed catkin; reed flower |
| 雨后春笋 (雨後春筍) | yǔ hòu chūn sǔn | lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth; many new things emerge in rapid succession |
| 竹笋 (竹筍) | zhú sǔn | bamboo shoot |
| 石笋 (石筍) | shí sǔn | stalagmite |
See also: Japanese symbol for “asparagus”.
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.