Chinese symbol for “fennel”
茴香
huí xiāng
fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fennel is 茴香 (huí xiāng), defined as: fennel (Foeniculum vulgare).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “fennel”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 茴香.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小茴香 | xiǎo huí xiāng | fennel; fennel seed |
| 八角茴香 | bā jiǎo huí xiāng | Chinese anise; star anise |
| 大茴香 | dà huí xiāng | Chinese anise; star anise |
| 茴香豆 | huí xiāng dòu | star anise-flavored fava beans (snack from Shaoxing, Zhejiang province) |
| 土茴香 | tǔ huí xiāng | dill seed |
| 香蕉 | xiāng jiāo | banana; measure word: 根 (gēn), 把 (bǎ) |
| 香烟 (香煙) | xiāng yān | smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支 (zhī),条 (tiáo),根 (gēn),包 |
| 香水 | xiāng shuǐ | perfume; cologne |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fennel”.
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.