Chinese symbol for “camphor”
樟脑
zhāng nǎo
Traditional: 樟腦
camphor
The closest CC-CEDICT match for camphor is 樟脑 (zhāng nǎo), defined as: camphor.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “camphor”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 樟脑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 樟树 (樟樹) | zhāng shù | camphor tree (Cinnamomum officinarum) |
| 樟木 | zhāng mù | camphorwood |
| 香樟 | xiāng zhāng | camphor tree (Cinnamomum officinarum) |
| 樟脑丸 (樟腦丸) | zhāng nǎo wán | mothball |
| 樟脑球 (樟腦球) | zhāng nǎo qiú | mothball |
| 电脑 (電腦) | diàn nǎo | computer; 台 (tái) |
| 脑袋 (腦袋) | nǎo dai | head; skull |
| 大脑 (大腦) | dà nǎo | brain; cerebrum |
See also: Japanese symbol for “camphor”.
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.