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Chinese symbol for “coca”

古柯
gǔ kē
(botany) coca (source of cocaine)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for coca is 古柯 (gǔ kē), defined as: (botany) coca (source of cocaine).

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

古 gǔ
old, classic, ancient
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
柯 kē
axe-handle, bough, stalk; surname
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “coca”

WordPinyinMeaning
可加kě jiā(botany) coca (loanword)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 古柯.

WordPinyinMeaning
古代gǔ dàiancient times
古老gǔ lǎoancient; old
古典gǔ diǎnclassical
考古kǎo gǔarchaeology; to engage in archaeological studies
古城gǔ chéngancient city
古怪gǔ guàistrange; weird
柯基kē jī(loanword) corgi
伐柯fá kē(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax; fig. to follow a principle

See also: Japanese symbol for “coca”.

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.