Chinese symbol for “magnolia”
玉兰花
yù lán huā
Traditional: 玉蘭花
magnolia
The closest CC-CEDICT match for magnolia is 玉兰花 (yù lán huā), defined as: magnolia.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “magnolia”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 玉兰花.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玉米 | yù mǐ | corn; maize |
| 宝玉 (寶玉) | bǎo yù | precious jade; treasures |
| 玉器 | yù qì | jade artifact |
| 玉女 | yù nǚ | beautiful woman; fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals |
| 玉石 | yù shí | jade; jade and stone |
| 白玉 | bái yù | white jade; tofu (by analogy) |
| 法兰 (法蘭) | fǎ lán | flange (loanword) |
| 兰花 (蘭花) | lán huā | cymbidium; orchid |
| 花园 (花園) | huā yuán | garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “magnolia”.
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.