Chinese symbol for “onion”
洋葱
yáng cōng
Traditional: 洋蔥
onion (Allium cepa); bulb onion
The closest CC-CEDICT match for onion is 洋葱 (yáng cōng), defined as: onion (Allium cepa); bulb onion.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “onion”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 洋葱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海洋 | hǎi yáng | ocean |
| 大洋 | dà yáng | ocean; (old) silver dollar |
| 巡洋舰 (巡洋艦) | xún yáng jiàn | cruiser (warship); battle cruiser |
| 洋人 | yáng rén | foreigner; (esp.) Westerner |
| 远洋 (遠洋) | yuǎn yáng | distant seas; the open ocean (far from the coast) |
| 青葱 (青蔥) | qīng cōng | scallion; green onion |
| 大葱 (大蔥) | dà cōng | leek; Chinese onion |
| 郁郁葱葱 (鬱鬱蔥蔥) | yù yù cōng cōng | (idiom) (of plants) verdant; lush |
See also: Japanese symbol for “onion”.
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.