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Chinese symbol for “tangerine”

橘子
jú zi
mandarin orange; tangerine; (loosely) orange; measure word: 瓣 (bàn)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tangerine is 橘子 (jú zi), defined as: mandarin orange; tangerine; (loosely) orange; measure word: 瓣 (bàn).

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

橘 jú
orange, tangerine
radical 75 ⽊ · 16 strokes
子 zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “tangerine”

WordPinyinMeaning
橘jú(bound form) mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine; (loosely) orange
橘柑jú gāntangerine; orange
蜜柑mì gānmandarin orange; tangerine

Related words

Other words that share a character with 橘子.

WordPinyinMeaning
柑橘gān júcitrus
橘色jú sèorange (color)
橘黄色 (橘黃色)jú huáng sètangerine yellow; saffron (color)
橘红 (橘紅)jú hóngorange (color); orange peel (used in TCM)
越橘yuè júcowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
孩子hái zichild
儿子 (兒子)ér zison
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)

See also: Japanese symbol for “tangerine”.

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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