Chinese symbol for “plants”
卉
huì
plants
The closest CC-CEDICT match for plants is 卉 (huì), defined as: plants.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “plants”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 卉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花卉 | huā huì | flowers and plants |
| 奇花异卉 (奇花異卉) | qí huā yì huì | see 奇花异草 (qí huā yì cǎo) |
| 奇葩异卉 (奇葩異卉) | qí pā yì huì | see 奇花异草 (qí huā yì cǎo) |
| 百卉千葩 | bǎi huì qiān pā | myriad plants and flowers (idiom); rich and colorful |
See also: Japanese symbol for “plants”.
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.