Chinese symbol for “linseed”
胡麻
hú má
sesame; (botany) flax; linseed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for linseed is 胡麻 (hú má), defined as: sesame; (botany) flax; linseed.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “linseed”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胡麻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胡说八道 (胡說八道) | hú shuō bā dào | to talk rubbish |
| 胡子 (鬍子) | hú zi | beard; mustache or whiskers |
| 胡同 | hú tòng | lane; alley; 条 (tiáo) |
| 胡说 (胡說) | hú shuō | to talk nonsense; drivel |
| 胡闹 (胡鬧) | hú nào | to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble |
| 麻烦 (麻煩) | má fan | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying |
| 大麻 | dà má | hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis |
| 麻将 (麻將) | má jiàng | mahjong; measure word: 局 (jú), 副 (fù) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “linseed”.
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.