Chinese symbol for “cardamom”
豆蔻
dòu kòu
cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum); fig. a girl's teenage years; maidenhood; a budding beauty
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cardamom is 豆蔻 (dòu kòu), defined as: cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum); fig. a girl's teenage years; maidenhood; a budding beauty.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cardamom”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 豆蔻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土豆 | tǔ dòu | potato; (Tw) peanut (颗 (kē)) |
| 豆腐 | dòu fu | tofu; bean curd |
| 大豆 | dà dòu | soybean |
| 豆瓣 | dòu bàn | cotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea); thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣酱 (dòu bàn jiàng)) |
| 黄豆 (黃豆) | huáng dòu | soybean |
| 豆子 | dòu zi | bean; pea |
| 肉豆蔻 | ròu dòu kòu | nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt); mace |
| 豆蔻年华 (豆蔻年華) | dòu kòu nián huá | (idiom) (of a girl) 13 or 14 years old; early teens; adolescence |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cardamom”.
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.