Chinese symbol for “lichen”
地衣
dì yī
lichen
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lichen is 地衣 (dì yī), defined as: lichen.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “lichen”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 地衣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lichen”.
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.