Chinese symbol for “distinct”
楚
chǔ
distinct; clear; orderly; pain
The closest CC-CEDICT match for distinct is 楚 (chǔ), defined as: distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “distinct”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 清晰 | qīng xī | clear; distinct |
| 明显 (明顯) | míng xiǎn | clear; distinct |
| 清楚 | qīng chu | clear; distinct |
| 显明 (顯明) | xiǎn míng | obvious; evident; conspicuous; prominent; distinct; apparent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 楚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 清楚 | qīng chu | clear; distinct |
| 痛楚 | tòng chǔ | pain; anguish |
| 一清二楚 | yī qīng èr chǔ | to be very clear about sth (idiom) |
| 苦楚 | kǔ chǔ | suffering; misery |
| 四面楚歌 | sì miàn Chǔ gē | lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom); fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help |
| 楚楚 | chǔ chǔ | neat; lovely |
See also: Japanese symbol for “distinct”.
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.