Chinese symbol for “nutmeg”
肉豆蔻
ròu dòu kòu
nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt); mace; Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nutmeg is 肉豆蔻 (ròu dòu kòu), defined as: nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt); mace; Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “nutmeg”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 穿裆 (穿襠) | chuān dāng | (sports) to nutmeg; to dribble or pass the ball through an opponent's legs (esp. in soccer or basketball) |
| 肉果 | ròu guǒ | fleshy fruit; sarcocarp; nutmeg |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肉豆蔻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肌肉 | jī ròu | muscle; flesh |
| 牛肉 | niú ròu | beef |
| 猪肉 (豬肉) | zhū ròu | pork |
| 肉体 (肉體) | ròu tǐ | physical body |
| 鸡肉 (雞肉) | jī ròu | chicken meat |
| 烤肉 | kǎo ròu | to barbecue meat; to roast meat; barbecued meat; roast meat |
| 土豆 | tǔ dòu | potato; (Tw) peanut (颗 (kē)) |
| 豆腐 | dòu fu | tofu; bean curd |
| 豆蔻 | dòu kòu | cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum); fig. a girl's teenage years |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nutmeg”.
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.