Chinese symbol for “bonsai”
盆景
pén jǐng
bonsai; landscape in a pot
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bonsai is 盆景 (pén jǐng), defined as: bonsai; landscape in a pot.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 盆景.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盆地 | pén dì | (geography) basin; depression |
| 盆栽 | pén zāi | to grow (a plant) in a pot; potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant) |
| 花盆 | huā pén | flower pot |
| 倾盆大雨 (傾盆大雨) | qīng pén dà yǔ | (idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down |
| 骨盆 | gǔ pén | pelvis |
| 背景 | bèi jǐng | background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer |
| 场景 (場景) | chǎng jǐng | scene; scenario; situation; setting |
| 风景 (風景) | fēng jǐng | scenery; landscape |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bonsai”.
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.