Chinese symbol for “citrus”
柑橘
gān jú
citrus
The closest CC-CEDICT match for citrus is 柑橘 (gān jú), defined as: citrus.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 柑橘.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜜柑 | mì gān | mandarin orange; tangerine |
| 佛手柑 | fó shǒu gān | Buddha's hand; fingered citron (Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis) |
| 广柑 (廣柑) | guǎng gān | a variety of orange grown in Guangdong, Sichuan, Taiwan etc |
| 柑橘酱 (柑橘醬) | gān jú jiàng | marmalade |
| 椪柑 | pèng gān | ponkan, a variety of tangerine |
| 橘子 | jú zi | mandarin orange; tangerine; (loosely) orange; measure word: 瓣 (bàn) |
| 橘色 | jú sè | orange (color) |
| 橘黄色 (橘黃色) | jú huáng sè | tangerine yellow; saffron (color) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “citrus”.
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.