Chinese symbol for “olive”
榄
lǎn
Traditional: 欖
(bound form) olive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for olive is 榄 (lǎn), defined as: (bound form) olive.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “olive”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 榄.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 橄榄球 (橄欖球) | gǎn lǎn qiú | football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc) |
| 橄榄 (橄欖) | gǎn lǎn | Chinese olive; olive |
| 橄榄油 (橄欖油) | gǎn lǎn yóu | olive oil |
| 橄榄枝 (橄欖枝) | gǎn lǎn zhī | olive branch; (fig.) conciliatory gesture; overture of goodwill |
| 橄榄石 (橄欖石) | gǎn lǎn shí | olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4); peridot |
| 橄榄树 (橄欖樹) | gǎn lǎn shù | olive tree |
See also: Japanese symbol for “olive”.
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.