Chinese symbol for “rue”
芸香
yún xiāng
(botany) rue (Ruta graveolens)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rue is 芸香 (yún xiāng), defined as: (botany) rue (Ruta graveolens).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “rue”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 芸香.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芸芸众生 (芸芸眾生) | yún yún zhòng shēng | every living being (Buddhism); the mass of common people |
| 芸芸 | yún yún | numerous; diverse and varied |
| 芸豆 | yún dòu | kidney bean |
| 芸帙 | yún zhì | (old) books |
| 芸窗 | yún chuāng | study (room) |
| 香蕉 | xiāng jiāo | banana; measure word: 根 (gēn), 把 (bǎ) |
| 香烟 (香煙) | xiāng yān | smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支 (zhī),条 (tiáo),根 (gēn),包 |
| 香水 | xiāng shuǐ | perfume; cologne |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rue”.
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.