Chinese symbol for “cedar”
柏
bǎi
cedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. [bo2]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cedar is 柏 (bǎi), defined as: cedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. [bo2].
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cedar”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 柏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柏油路 | bǎi yóu lù | tarred road; asphalt road |
| 柏油 | bǎi yóu | asphalt; tar |
| 松柏 | sōng bǎi | pine and cypress; fig. chaste and undefiled |
| 柏树 (柏樹) | bǎi shù | cypress tree; Taiwan pr. [bo2 shu4] |
| 柏青哥 | bó qīng gē | pachinko (loanword) (Tw) |
| 黄柏 (黃柏) | huáng bò | variant of 黄檗 (huáng bò) |
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.