Chinese symbol for “circumcision”
割礼
gē lǐ
Traditional: 割禮
circumcision (male or female)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for circumcision is 割礼 (gē lǐ), defined as: circumcision (male or female).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “circumcision”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 割损 (割損) | gē sǔn | circumcision (Bible term) |
| 包皮环切 (包皮環切) | bāo pí huán qiē | circumcision |
| 包皮环切术 (包皮環切術) | bāo pí huán qiē shù | circumcision |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 割礼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分割 | fēn gē | to cut up; to break up |
| 切割 | qiē gē | to cut |
| 收割 | shōu gē | to harvest; to reap |
| 割据 (割據) | gē jù | to set up an independent regime; to secede |
| 割断 (割斷) | gē duàn | to cut off; to sever |
| 割裂 | gē liè | to cut apart; to sever; to separate; to isolate |
| 礼物 (禮物) | lǐ wù | gift; present; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 份 (fèn) |
| 婚礼 (婚禮) | hūn lǐ | wedding ceremony; wedding |
See also: Japanese symbol for “circumcision”.
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.