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Chinese symbol for “hazelnut”

榛子
zhēn zi
hazelnut

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hazelnut is 榛子 (zhēn zi), defined as: hazelnut.

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Characters and stroke order

榛 zhēn
hazelnut; thicket, underbrush
radical 75 ⽊ · 14 strokes
子 zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “hazelnut”

WordPinyinMeaning
榛实 (榛實)zhēn shíhazelnut
榛栗zhēn lìhazelnut
榛果zhēn guǒfilbert; hazelnut

Related words

Other words that share a character with 榛子.

WordPinyinMeaning
榛果zhēn guǒfilbert; hazelnut
榛鸡 (榛雞)zhēn jīhazel grouse
斑尾榛鸡 (斑尾榛雞)bān wěi zhēn jī(bird species of China) Chinese grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi)
榛仁zhēn rénhazelnut kernel; hazelnut "meat"
榛仁儿 (榛仁兒)zhēn rén rerhua variant of 榛仁 (zhēn rén)
孩子hái zichild
儿子 (兒子)ér zison
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)

See also: Japanese symbol for “hazelnut”.

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.