Chinese symbol for “peridot”
橄榄石
gǎn lǎn shí
Traditional: 橄欖石
olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4); peridot
The closest CC-CEDICT match for peridot is 橄榄石 (gǎn lǎn shí), defined as: olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4); peridot.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 橄榄石.
| 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 |
| 橄榄树 (橄欖樹) | gǎn lǎn shù | olive tree |
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil; petroleum |
| 石头 (石頭) | shí tou | stone; 块 (kuài) |
| 钻石 (鑽石) | zuàn shí | diamond; 颗 (kē) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “peridot”.
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.