Chinese symbol for “tobacco”
烟草
yān cǎo
Traditional: 煙草
tobacco
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tobacco is 烟草 (yān cǎo), defined as: tobacco.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tobacco”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旱烟 (旱煙) | hàn yān | tobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe) |
| 淡巴菰 | dàn bā gū | tobacco (loanword) (old) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 烟草.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 香烟 (香煙) | xiāng yān | smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支 (zhī),条 (tiáo),根 (gēn),包 |
| 抽烟 (抽煙) | chōu yān | variant of 抽烟 (chōu yān) |
| 吸烟 (吸煙) | xī yān | to smoke |
| 草案 | cǎo àn | draft (legislation, proposal etc) |
| 草原 | cǎo yuán | grassland; prairie |
| 起草 | qǐ cǎo | to make a draft; to draw up (plans) |
| 草莓 | cǎo méi | strawberry; 颗 (kē) |
| 草根 | cǎo gēn | grass roots (lit. and fig.) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tobacco”.
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.