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Chinese symbol for “spruce”

云杉
yún shān
Traditional: 雲杉
spruce

The closest CC-CEDICT match for spruce is 云杉 (yún shān), defined as: spruce.

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

云 yún
cloud; to say, to speak
radical 7 ⼆ · 4 strokes
杉 shān
various species of pine and fir
radical 75 ⽊ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 云杉.

WordPinyinMeaning
风云 (風雲)fēng yúnweather; unstable situation
白云 (白雲)bái yúnwhite cloud
云端 (雲端)yún duānhigh in the clouds; (computing) the cloud
云集 (雲集)yún jíto gather (in a crowd); to converge
星云 (星雲)xīng yúnnebula
乌云 (烏雲)wū yúnblack cloud
紫杉醇zǐ shān chúnTaxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy
水杉shuǐ shānmetasequoia

See also: Japanese symbol for “spruce”.

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.

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