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Chinese symbol for “currant”

茶藨子
chá pāo zi
currant; gooseberry

The closest CC-CEDICT match for currant is 茶藨子 (chá pāo zi), defined as: currant; gooseberry.

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

茶 chá
tea; tea leaves; tea plant
radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes
藨 pāo
a kind of raspberry
radical 140 ⾋ · 18 strokes
子 zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 茶藨子.

WordPinyinMeaning
茶叶 (茶葉)chá yètea; tea leaves
喝茶hē cháto drink tea; to get engaged
奶茶nǎi chámilk tea
绿茶 (綠茶)lǜ chágreen tea; (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative; a girl who has these qualities
红茶 (紅茶)hóng cháblack tea; measure word: 杯 (bēi), 壶 (hú)
茶馆 (茶館)chá guǎnteahouse; measure word: 家 (jiā)
桑藨sāng pāomulberry fruit (Fructus mori)
藨草biāo cǎoSchoenoplectus triqueter
孩子hái zichild

See also: Japanese symbol for “currant”.

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.