Chinese symbol for “lilac”
丁香
dīng xiāng
lilac (Syringa spp); clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lilac is 丁香 (dīng xiāng), defined as: lilac (Syringa spp); clove (Syzygium aromaticum).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “lilac”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 丁香.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拉丁 | lā dīng | Latin; (in former times) to press-gang |
| 布丁 | bù dīng | pudding (loanword) |
| 补丁 (補丁) | bǔ ding | patch (for mending clothes, tires etc); (software) patch |
| 丁丁 | dīng dīng | (neologism) (slang) penis (丁丁 resembles "JJ", which is short for 鸡鸡 (jī jī)) |
| 园丁 (園丁) | yuán dīng | gardener |
| 香蕉 | xiāng jiāo | banana; measure word: 根 (gēn), 把 (bǎ) |
| 香烟 (香煙) | xiāng yān | smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支 (zhī),条 (tiáo),根 (gēn),包 |
| 香水 | xiāng shuǐ | perfume; cologne |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lilac”.
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.