Chinese symbol for “lavender”
薰衣草
xūn yī cǎo
lavender (genus Lavandula)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lavender is 薰衣草 (xūn yī cǎo), defined as: lavender (genus Lavandula).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 薰衣草.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 香薰 | xiāng xūn | aromatherapy |
| 衣服 | yī fu | clothes; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 套 (tào) |
| 内衣 (內衣) | nèi yī | undergarment; underwear |
| 上衣 | shàng yī | jacket; upper outer garment |
| 衣物 | yī wù | clothing; clothing and other personal items |
| 睡衣 | shuì yī | night clothes; pajamas |
| 洗衣机 (洗衣機) | xǐ yī jī | washing machine; washer; 台 (tái) |
| 草案 | cǎo àn | draft (legislation, proposal etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lavender”.
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.