Chinese symbol for “hickory”
山核桃
shān hé tao
hickory
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hickory is 山核桃 (shān hé tao), defined as: hickory.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hickory”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 山核桃.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山区 (山區) | shān qū | mountain area; 个 (gè) |
| 火山 | huǒ shān | volcano |
| 山脉 (山脈) | shān mài | mountain range; 条 (tiáo) |
| 山地 | shān dì | mountainous region; hilly area |
| 山寨 | shān zhài | fortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) |
| 山顶 (山頂) | shān dǐng | hilltop |
| 核心 | hé xīn | core; nucleus |
| 考核 | kǎo hé | to examine; to check up on |
| 桃花 | táo huā | peach blossom; (fig.) love affair |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hickory”.
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.