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Chinese symbol for “calorie”

卡路里
kǎ lù lǐ
(loanword) calorie

The closest CC-CEDICT match for calorie is 卡路里 (kǎ lù lǐ), defined as: (loanword) calorie.

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

卡 kǎ
card, punch card; calorie
radical 25 ⼘ · 5 strokes
路 lù
road, path, street; journey
radical 157 ⾜ · 13 strokes
里 lǐ
unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
radical 166 ⾥ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 卡路里.

WordPinyinMeaning
信用卡xìn yòng kǎcredit card
卡拉kǎ lākaraoke; (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried
卡车 (卡車)kǎ chētruck; 辆 (liàng)
卡通kǎ tōngcartoon (loanword)
卡片kǎ piàncard
银行卡 (銀行卡)yín háng kǎbank card
铁路 (鐵路)tiě lùrailroad; railway
道路dào lùroad; path
这里 (這裏)zhè lǐvariant of 这里 (zhè lǐ)

See also: Japanese symbol for “calorie”.

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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