Chinese symbol for “horseradish”
辣根
là gēn
horseradish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for horseradish is 辣根 (là gēn), defined as: horseradish.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “horseradish”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 辣根.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辣椒 | là jiāo | hot pepper; chili |
| 辣妹 | là mèi | hot chick; sexy girl |
| 麻辣 | má là | hot and numbing |
| 火辣 | huǒ là | painful heat; scorching |
| 辛辣 | xīn là | spicy hot (taste); fig. biting (criticism) |
| 火辣辣 | huǒ là là | scorching hot; (of a burn or other injury) painful; burning |
| 根据 (根據) | gēn jù | according to; based on |
| 根本 | gēn běn | fundamental; basic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “horseradish”.
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.