Chinese symbol for “flax”
亚麻
yà má
Traditional: 亞麻
flax
The closest CC-CEDICT match for flax is 亚麻 (yà má), defined as: flax.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “flax”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 亚麻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 南亚 (南亞) | nán Yà | southern Asia |
| 亚军 (亞軍) | yà jūn | second place (in a sports contest); runner-up |
| 亚热带 (亞熱帶) | yà rè dài | subtropical (zone or climate) |
| 亚科 (亞科) | yà kē | subfamily (taxonomy) |
| 路亚 (路亞) | lù yà | (loanword) lure fishing |
| 麻烦 (麻煩) | má fan | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying |
| 大麻 | dà má | hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis |
| 麻将 (麻將) | má jiàng | mahjong; measure word: 局 (jú), 副 (fù) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “flax”.
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.