Chinese symbol for “shrub”
灌木丛
guàn mù cóng
Traditional: 灌木叢
shrub; shrubbery
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shrub is 灌木丛 (guàn mù cóng), defined as: shrub; shrubbery.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shrub”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小树 (小樹) | xiǎo shù | shrub; small tree |
| 灌木 | guàn mù | bush; shrub |
| 樕 | sù | shrub |
| 矮树 (矮樹) | ǎi shù | short tree; bush |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 灌木丛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灌溉 | guàn gài | to irrigate |
| 灌输 (灌輸) | guàn shū | to imbue with; to inculcate |
| 灌木 | guàn mù | bush; shrub |
| 灌丛 (灌叢) | guàn cóng | scrub; shrubland |
| 灌醉 | guàn zuì | to fuddle; to befuddle |
| 木材 | mù cái | wood |
| 树木 (樹木) | shù mù | tree |
| 木头 (木頭) | mù tou | wood; log (块 (kuài),根 (gēn)); (fig.) blockhead; dolt |
| 丛林 (叢林) | cóng lín | jungle; thicket |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shrub”.
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.