Chinese symbol for “lettuce”
莴苣
wō jù
Traditional: 萵苣
lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lettuce is 莴苣 (wō jù), defined as: lettuce (Lactuca sativa).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “lettuce”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 莴苣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 莴笋 (萵筍) | wō sǔn | celtuce; stem lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. asparagina), aka Chinese lettuce |
| 菊苣 | jú jù | chicory |
| 苦苣 | kǔ jù | endive |
| 琉璃苣 | liú lí jù | borage (Borago officinalis) |
| 苣荬菜 (苣蕒菜) | qǔ mai cài | endive (Cichorium endivia); field sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lettuce”.
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.