Chinese symbol for “balsam”
凤仙花
fèng xiān huā
Traditional: 鳳仙花
balsam; Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina); touch-me-not; busy Lizzie
The closest CC-CEDICT match for balsam is 凤仙花 (fèng xiān huā), defined as: balsam; Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina); touch-me-not; busy Lizzie.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “balsam”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凤仙花.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凤凰 (鳳凰) | fèng huáng | phoenix |
| 楼凤 (樓鳳) | lóu fèng | (slang) prostitute who provides services in a private apartment |
| 龙凤 (龍鳳) | lóng fèng | dragon and phoenix |
| 凤梨 (鳳梨) | fèng lí | pineapple |
| 丹凤 (丹鳳) | dān fèng | red phoenix |
| 凤毛麟角 (鳳毛麟角) | fèng máo lín jiǎo | lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between |
| 神仙 | shén xiān | Daoist immortal; supernatural entity |
| 仙女 | xiān nǚ | fairy |
| 花园 (花園) | huā yuán | garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “balsam”.
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.