Chinese symbol for “peanut”
花生
huā shēng
peanut; measure word: 粒 (lì)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for peanut is 花生 (huā shēng), defined as: peanut; measure word: 粒 (lì).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “peanut”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 花生.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花园 (花園) | huā yuán | garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 花费 (花費) | huā fèi | expense; cost |
| 花钱 (花錢) | huā qián | to spend money |
| 棉花 | mián hua | cotton |
| 鲜花 (鮮花) | xiān huā | flower; fresh flowers |
| 桃花 | táo huā | peach blossom; (fig.) love affair |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
See also: Japanese symbol for “peanut”.
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.