Chinese symbol for “cactus”

仙人掌

xiān rén zhǎng

cactus

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cactus is 仙人掌 (xiān rén zhǎng), defined as: cactus.

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

仙 xiān

god; fairy; immortal, transcendent

radical 9 ⼈ · 5 strokes

人 rén

man, person; people

radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

掌 zhǎng

in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot

radical 64 ⼿ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 仙人掌.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
神仙	shén xiān	Daoist immortal; supernatural entity
仙女	xiān nǚ	fairy
仙子	xiān zǐ	fairy
仙人	xiān rén	Daoist immortal; celestial being
仙境	xiān jìng	fairyland; wonderland
仙桃	xiān táo	the peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu 西王母
人民	rén mín	the people
人们 (人們)	rén men	people
掌握	zhǎng wò	to grasp (often fig.); to control

See also: Japanese symbol for “cactus”.

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.