Chinese symbol for “clove”
瓣
bàn
petal; segment; clove (of garlic); piece
The closest CC-CEDICT match for clove is 瓣 (bàn), defined as: petal; segment; clove (of garlic); piece; section; fragment.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “clove”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瓣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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)) |
| 花瓣 | huā bàn | petal; measure word: 片 (piàn) |
| 瓣膜 | bàn mó | valve (biological) |
| 二尖瓣 | èr jiān bàn | mitral valve (physiology) |
| 豆瓣酱 (豆瓣醬) | dòu bàn jiàng | sticky chili bean sauce; doubanjiang |
| 单瓣 (單瓣) | dān bàn | single petal; single valve |
See also: Japanese symbol for “clove”.
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.