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).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tangerine”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 橘 | jú | (bound form) mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine; (loosely) orange |
| 橘柑 | jú gān | tangerine; orange |
| 蜜柑 | mì gān | mandarin orange; tangerine |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 橘子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柑橘 | gān jú | citrus |
| 橘色 | jú sè | orange (color) |
| 橘黄色 (橘黃色) | jú huáng sè | tangerine yellow; saffron (color) |
| 橘红 (橘紅) | jú hóng | orange (color); orange peel (used in TCM) |
| 越橘 | yuè jú | cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; 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.