Chinese symbol for “moss”
苔
tái
moss; lichen; liverwort
The closest CC-CEDICT match for moss is 苔 (tái), defined as: moss; lichen; liverwort.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “moss”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 苔.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苔藓 (苔蘚) | tái xiǎn | moss |
| 海苔 | hǎi tái | nori |
| 青苔 | qīng tái | moss; lichen |
| 舌苔 | shé tāi | (TCM) coating on the tongue (examined for the purpose of diagnosis) |
| 苔原 | tái yuán | tundra |
| 蒜苔 | suàn tái | variant of 蒜薹 (suàn tái) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “moss”.
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.