Chinese symbol for “caraway”
葛缕子
gě lǚ zi
Traditional: 葛縷子
caraway; Persian cumin (Carum carvi)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for caraway is 葛缕子 (gě lǚ zi), defined as: caraway; Persian cumin (Carum carvi).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “caraway”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 葛缕子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纠葛 (糾葛) | jiū gé | entanglement; dispute |
| 瓜葛 | guā gé | connection; association |
| 杯葛 | bēi gé | (dialect) (loanword) to boycott |
| 葛根 | gé gēn | tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), used in Chinese medicine |
| 葛藤 | gé téng | tangle of vines; fig. complications |
| 葛布 | gé bù | hemp cloth |
| 千丝万缕 (千絲萬縷) | qiān sī wàn lǚ | (idiom) intricately interconnected |
| 筚路蓝缕 (篳路藍縷) | bì lù lán lǚ | the hardships of beginning an undertaking (idiom) |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
See also: Japanese symbol for “caraway”.
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.