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Chinese symbol for “shrubbery”

灌木林
guàn mù lín
shrubbery; low wood

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shrubbery is 灌木林 (guàn mù lín), defined as: shrubbery; low wood.

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

灌 guàn
to water, to irrigate; to pour; to flood
radical 85 ⽔ · 21 strokes
木 mù
tree; wood, lumber; wooden
radical 75 ⽊ · 4 strokes
林 lín
forest, grove; surname
radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “shrubbery”

WordPinyinMeaning
灌木丛 (灌木叢)guàn mù cóngshrub; shrubbery

Related words

Other words that share a character with 灌木林.

WordPinyinMeaning
灌溉guàn gàito irrigate
灌输 (灌輸)guàn shūto imbue with; to inculcate
灌木guàn mùbush; shrub
灌木丛 (灌木叢)guàn mù cóngshrub; shrubbery
灌丛 (灌叢)guàn cóngscrub; shrubland
灌醉guàn zuìto fuddle; to befuddle
木材mù cáiwood
树木 (樹木)shù mùtree
森林sēn línforest; measure word: 片 (piàn)

See also: Japanese symbol for “shrubbery”.

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.