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Chinese symbol for “parasol”

阳伞
yáng sǎn
Traditional: 陽傘
parasol

The closest CC-CEDICT match for parasol is 阳伞 (yáng sǎn), defined as: parasol.

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Characters and stroke order

阳 yáng
the male principle; bright, sunny; clear, lit, open
radical 170 ⾩ · 6 strokes
伞 sǎn
umbrella, parasol, parachute
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “parasol”

WordPinyinMeaning
伞 (傘)sǎnumbrella; parasol
旱伞 (旱傘)hàn sǎn(dialect) parasol

Related words

Other words that share a character with 阳伞.

WordPinyinMeaning
太阳 (太陽)tài yangsun; sunlight; sunshine
阳光 (陽光)yáng guāngsunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic
太阳能 (太陽能)tài yáng néngsolar energy
阳台 (陽台)yáng táivariant of 阳台 (yáng tái)
朝阳 (朝陽)cháo yángto be exposed to the sun; in a position facing the sun
雨伞 (雨傘)yǔ sǎnumbrella; measure word: 把 (bǎ)
跳伞 (跳傘)tiào sǎnto parachute; to bail out
伞兵 (傘兵)sǎn bīngparatrooper

See also: Japanese symbol for “parasol”.

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.