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Chinese symbol for “primrose”

报春花
bào chūn huā
Traditional: 報春花
primrose (Primula malacoides)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for primrose is 报春花 (bào chūn huā), defined as: primrose (Primula malacoides).

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

报 bào
to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
春 chūn
springtime; joyful, lustful, wanton
radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes
花 huā
flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
radical 140 ⾋ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “primrose”

WordPinyinMeaning
樱花草 (櫻花草)yīng huā cǎoprimrose

Related words

Other words that share a character with 报春花.

WordPinyinMeaning
报告 (報告)bào gàoto inform; to report
报道 (報道)bào dàoto report (news); report
报纸 (報紙)bào zhǐnewspaper; newsprint
日报 (日報)rì bàodaily newspaper
情报 (情報)qíng bàoinformation; intelligence
报导 (報導)bào dǎoto report (in the media); (news) report
青春qīng chūnyouth; youthfulness
春天chūn tiānspring (season); 个 (gè)
花园 (花園)huā yuángarden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; measure word: 座 (zuò)

See also: Japanese symbol for “primrose”.

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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