Chinese symbol for “clover”
三叶草
sān yè cǎo
Traditional: 三葉草
clover; trefoil
The closest CC-CEDICT match for clover is 三叶草 (sān yè cǎo), defined as: clover; trefoil.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “clover”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 三叶草.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三星 | sān xīng | three major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion |
| 三次 | sān cì | third; three times |
| 三级 (三級) | sān jí | grade 3; third class |
| 十三 | shí sān | thirteen; 13 |
| 三分 | sān fēn | somewhat; to some degree |
| 第三方 | dì sān fāng | third party |
| 茶叶 (茶葉) | chá yè | tea; tea leaves |
| 叶子 (葉子) | yè zi | leaf (CL:片 (piàn)); (slang) marijuana |
| 草案 | cǎo àn | draft (legislation, proposal etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “clover”.
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.