Chinese symbol for “leek”
大葱
dà cōng
Traditional: 大蔥
leek; Chinese onion
The closest CC-CEDICT match for leek is 大葱 (dà cōng), defined as: leek; Chinese onion.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “leek”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 韭 | jiǔ | leek |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 大葱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 大陆 (大陸) | dà lù | continent; mainland; 块 (kuài) |
| 大会 (大會) | dà huì | general assembly; general meeting |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 洋葱 (洋蔥) | yáng cōng | onion (Allium cepa); bulb onion |
| 青葱 (青蔥) | qīng cōng | scallion; green onion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “leek”.
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.