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Chinese symbol for “beet”

甜菜
tián cài
(sugar) beet; (US) beet; (UK) beetroot

The closest CC-CEDICT match for beet is 甜菜 (tián cài), defined as: (sugar) beet; (US) beet; (UK) beetroot.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

甜 tián
sweet, sweetness
radical 99 ⽢ · 11 strokes
菜 cài
vegetables; order, dish; food
radical 140 ⾋ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “beet”

WordPinyinMeaning
红菜头 (紅菜頭)hóng cài tóubeet; beetroot; (dialect) carrot

Related words

Other words that share a character with 甜菜.

WordPinyinMeaning
甜蜜tián mìsweet; happy
甜美tián měisweet; pleasant
甜点 (甜點)tián diǎndessert
甜心tián xīndelighted to oblige; sweetheart
甜食tián shídessert; sweet
甜品tián pǐndessert
蔬菜shū càivegetables
菜单 (菜單)cài dānmenu; measure word: 份 (fèn), 张 (zhāng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “beet”.

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.

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