Chinese symbol for “valerian”
缬草
xié cǎo
Traditional: 纈草
valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for valerian is 缬草 (xié cǎo), defined as: valerian (Valeriana officinalis).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 缬草.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缬氨酸 (纈氨酸) | xié ān suān | valine (Val), an essential amino acid |
| 草案 | cǎo àn | draft (legislation, proposal etc) |
| 草原 | cǎo yuán | grassland; prairie |
| 烟草 (煙草) | yān cǎo | tobacco |
| 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.) |
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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