Chinese symbol for “plantain”
蕮
xì
plantain (Plantago asiatica); common water-plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for plantain is 蕮 (xì), defined as: plantain (Plantago asiatica); common water-plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
See also: Japanese symbol for “plantain”.
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.
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