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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

三 sān
three
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes
叶 yè
leaf, page; surname
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
草 cǎo
grass, herbs; straw, thatch
radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “clover”

WordPinyinMeaning
蓿xùclover; lucerne
苜mùclover

Related words

Other words that share a character with 三叶草.

WordPinyinMeaning
三星sān xīngthree major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion
三次sān cìthird; three times
三级 (三級)sān jígrade 3; third class
十三shí sānthirteen; 13
三分sān fēnsomewhat; to some degree
第三方dì sān fāngthird party
茶叶 (茶葉)chá yètea; tea leaves
叶子 (葉子)yè zileaf (CL:片 (piàn)); (slang) marijuana
草案cǎo àndraft (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.

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