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Chinese symbol for “nori”

海苔
hǎi tái
nori

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nori is 海苔 (hǎi tái), defined as: nori.

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Characters and stroke order

海 hǎi
sea, ocean; maritime
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
苔 tái
moss, lichen
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 海苔.

WordPinyinMeaning
海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad
海军 (海軍)hǎi jūnnavy
海洋hǎi yángocean
海上hǎi shàngmaritime
沿海yán hǎicoastal
海岸hǎi àncoastal; seacoast
苔藓 (苔蘚)tái xiǎnmoss
青苔qīng táimoss; lichen

See also: Japanese symbol for “nori”.

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.