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Chinese symbol for “gypsy”

茨冈
cí gāng
Traditional: 茨岡
(loanword) tzigane; gypsy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gypsy is 茨冈 (cí gāng), defined as: (loanword) tzigane; gypsy.

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Characters and stroke order

茨 cí
thatching; caltrop, Tribulus terrestris
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes
冈 gāng
ridge or crest of hill
radical 13 ⼌ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 茨冈.

WordPinyinMeaning
土阶茅茨 (土階茅茨)tǔ jiē máo cílit. earthen steps and a thatched hut; frugal living conditions (idiom)
茨菰cí guarrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)
山冈 (山岡)shān gāngmound; small hill
冈上肌 (岡上肌)gāng shàng jīsupraspinatus muscle
冈下肌 (岡下肌)gāng xià jīinfraspinatus muscle

See also: Japanese symbol for “gypsy”.

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.