Chinese symbol for “carrion”
腐肉
fǔ ròu
rotting flesh; carrion
The closest CC-CEDICT match for carrion is 腐肉 (fǔ ròu), defined as: rotting flesh; carrion.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 腐肉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腐败 (腐敗) | fǔ bài | corruption; to corrupt |
| 豆腐 | dòu fu | tofu; bean curd |
| 贪腐 (貪腐) | tān fǔ | corruption |
| 腐蚀 (腐蝕) | fǔ shí | corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically) |
| 腐朽 | fǔ xiǔ | rotten; decayed |
| 腐烂 (腐爛) | fǔ làn | to rot; to putrefy |
| 肌肉 | jī ròu | muscle; flesh |
| 牛肉 | niú ròu | beef |
See also: Japanese symbol for “carrion”.
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.