King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “geranium”

天竺葵
tiān zhú kuí
geranium (Pelargonium hortorum)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for geranium is 天竺葵 (tiān zhú kuí), defined as: geranium (Pelargonium hortorum).

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

天 tiān
sky, heaven; god, celestial
radical 37 ⼤ · 4 strokes
竺 zhú
India; bamboo; surname
radical 118 ⽵ · 8 strokes
葵 kuí
sunflower; to measure
radical 140 ⾋ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 天竺葵.

WordPinyinMeaning
今天jīn tiāntoday; the present time; now
每天měi tiānevery day
明天míng tiāntomorrow
几天 (幾天)jǐ tiānseveral days
昨天zuó tiānyesterday
天下tiān xiàland under heaven; the whole world
天竺鼠tiān zhú shǔguinea pig; cavy
天竺牡丹tiān zhú mǔ dandahlia
向日葵xiàng rì kuísunflower (Helianthus annuus)

See also: Japanese symbol for “geranium”.

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.