Chinese symbol for “laurel”
桂冠
guì guān
laurel (as a symbol of victory or merit)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for laurel is 桂冠 (guì guān), defined as: laurel (as a symbol of victory or merit).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “laurel”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 桂冠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 桂花 | guì huā | osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans); its flowers |
| 肉桂 | ròu guì | Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia) |
| 桂枝 | guì zhī | cinnamon (Ramulus Cinnamomi) |
| 桂皮 | guì pí | Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamonum cassia); cassia bark |
| 桂圆 (桂圓) | guì yuán | see 龙眼 (lóng yǎn) |
| 冠军 (冠軍) | guàn jūn | champion |
| 夺冠 (奪冠) | duó guàn | to seize the crown; fig. to win a championship |
| 皇冠 | huáng guān | crown (headgear) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “laurel”.
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.