Chinese symbol for “legume”
豆
dòu
Traditional: 荳
legume; pulse; bean; pea (颗 (kē),粒 (lì)) (variant of 豆 (dòu))
The closest CC-CEDICT match for legume is 豆 (dòu), defined as: legume; pulse; bean; pea (颗 (kē),粒 (lì)) (variant of 豆 (dòu)).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “legume”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 豆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土豆 | tǔ dòu | potato; (Tw) peanut (颗 (kē)) |
| 豆腐 | dòu fu | tofu; bean curd |
| 大豆 | dà dòu | soybean |
| 豆瓣 | dòu bàn | cotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea); thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣酱 (dòu bàn jiàng)) |
| 黄豆 (黃豆) | huáng dòu | soybean |
| 豆子 | dòu zi | bean; pea |
See also: Japanese symbol for “legume”.
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.