Chinese symbol for “sorrel”

酸模

suān mó

sorrel (Rumex acetosa)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sorrel is 酸模 (suān mó), defined as: sorrel (Rumex acetosa).

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Characters and stroke order

酸 suān

tart, sour; spoiled; acid

radical 164 ⾣ · 14 strokes

模 mó

model, pattern, standard; to copy, to imitate

radical 75 ⽊ · 15 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 酸模.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
氨基酸	ān jī suān	amino acid
酸性	suān xìng	acidity
硫酸	liú suān	sulfuric acid
酸奶	suān nǎi	yogurt
核酸	hé suān	nucleic acid; (coll.) nucleic acid test (abbr. for 核酸检测 (hé suān jiǎn cè))
硝酸	xiāo suān	nitric acid
模式	mó shì	mode; pattern; model
规模 (規模)	guī mó	scale; scope; extent

See also: Japanese symbol for “sorrel”.

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.