Chinese symbol for “bean”
豆子
dòu zi
bean; pea; 颗 (kē)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bean is 豆子 (dòu zi), defined as: bean; pea; 颗 (kē).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “bean”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 豆类 (豆類) | dòu lèi | bean |
| 豆 (荳) | dòu | legume; pulse; bean; pea (颗 (kē),粒 (lì)) (variant of 豆 (dòu)) |
| 豆 | dòu | legume; pulse; bean; pea (颗 (kē),粒 (lì)); (old) stemmed cup or bowl |
| 荜 (蓽) | bì | bean; pulse |
| 籽实 (籽實) | zǐ shí | seed; grain |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 豆子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土豆 | tǔ dòu | potato; (Tw) peanut (颗 (kē)) |
| 豆腐 | dòu fu | tofu; bean curd |
| 大豆 | dà dòu | soybean |
| 豆瓣 | dòu bàn | cotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea); thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣酱 (dòu bàn jiàng)) |
| 黄豆 (黃豆) | huáng dòu | soybean |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bean”.
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.