Chinese symbol for “onyx”
缟玛瑙
gǎo mǎ nǎo
Traditional: 縞瑪瑙
onyx; white agate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for onyx is 缟玛瑙 (gǎo mǎ nǎo), defined as: onyx; white agate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 缟玛瑙.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缟素 (縞素) | gǎo sù | white silk mourning dress |
| 玛格丽特 (瑪格麗特) | mǎ gé lì tè | margarita (cocktail) |
| 尼玛 (尼瑪) | ní mǎ | (Internet slang) alternative for 你妈 (nǐ mā); (transcription from Tibetan) the sun |
| 伊玛目 (伊瑪目) | yī mǎ mù | imam (Islam) (loanword) |
| 玛瑙 (瑪瑙) | mǎ nǎo | cornelian (mineral); agate |
| 玛德琳 (瑪德琳) | mǎ dé lín | madeleine (French cake) |
| 伽玛 (伽瑪) | gā mǎ | variant of 伽马 (gā mǎ) |
| 红玛瑙 (紅瑪瑙) | hóng mǎ nǎo | cornelian |
See also: Japanese symbol for “onyx”.
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.