Chinese symbol for “mistletoe”
槲寄生
hú jì shēng
mistletoe
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mistletoe is 槲寄生 (hú jì shēng), defined as: mistletoe.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 槲寄生.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 槲栎 (槲櫟) | hú lì | oriental white oak (Quercus aliena) |
| 槲树 (槲樹) | hú shù | Mongolian oak (Quercus dentata); Daimyo oak |
| 槲鸫 (槲鶇) | hú dōng | (bird species of China) mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus) |
| 寄托 (寄託) | jì tuō | to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in |
| 寄宿 | jì sù | to stay; to lodge; to board |
| 寄生 | jì shēng | to live in or on another organism as a parasite; to live by taking advantage of others |
| 寄生虫 (寄生蟲) | jì shēng chóng | parasite (biology); (fig.) freeloader |
| 邮寄 (郵寄) | yóu jì | to mail; to send by post |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mistletoe”.
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.