Chinese symbol for “sapphire”
蓝宝石
lán bǎo shí
Traditional: 藍寶石
sapphire
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sapphire is 蓝宝石 (lán bǎo shí), defined as: sapphire.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蓝宝石.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蓝色 (藍色) | lán sè | blue (color) |
| 蓝天 (藍天) | lán tiān | blue sky |
| 蓝图 (藍圖) | lán tú | blueprint |
| 蓝莓 (藍莓) | lán méi | blueberry |
| 蓝领 (藍領) | lán lǐng | blue-collar; blue-collar worker |
| 宝宝 (寶寶) | bǎo bao | darling; baby |
| 宝贝 (寶貝) | bǎo bèi | treasured object; treasure |
| 宝贵 (寶貴) | bǎo guì | valuable; precious |
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil; petroleum |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sapphire”.
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.