Chinese symbol for “cumin”
孜然
zī rán
(loanword from Uyghur) cumin (Cuminum cyminum)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cumin is 孜然 (zī rán), defined as: (loanword from Uyghur) cumin (Cuminum cyminum).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cumin”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 孜然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孜孜不倦 | zī zī bù juàn | lit. diligent and never slacking (idiom); continuous concentrated effort; assiduous (in study) |
| 孜孜以求 | zī zī yǐ qiú | diligent and tireless (idiom) |
| 孜孜 | zī zī | diligent; hardworking |
| 孜然芹 | zī rán qín | cumin |
| 喜孜孜 | xǐ zī zī | pleased; happy |
| 虽然 (雖然) | suī rán | although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) |
| 然后 (然後) | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cumin”.
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.