Chinese symbol for “crust”
硬壳
yìng ké
Traditional: 硬殼
crust; hard shell
The closest CC-CEDICT match for crust is 硬壳 (yìng ké), defined as: crust; hard shell.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “crust”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 硬皮 | yìng pí | crust (of a solidified liquid etc) |
| 面包皮 (麵包皮) | miàn bāo pí | crust |
| 结壳 (結殼) | jié ké | crust; crusting; incrustation |
| 甲壳 (甲殼) | jiǎ qiào | carapace; crust |
| 壳儿 (殼兒) | ké r | shell; crust |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 硬壳.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 硬件 | yìng jiàn | hardware |
| 硬币 (硬幣) | yìng bì | coin; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 强硬 (強硬) | qiáng yìng | tough; unyielding |
| 硬盘 (硬盤) | yìng pán | hard disk |
| 坚硬 (堅硬) | jiān yìng | hard; solid |
| 硬度 | yìng dù | hardness |
| 外壳 (外殼) | wài ké | envelope; outer shell |
| 贝壳 (貝殼) | bèi ké | shell (of a mollusk) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “crust”.
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.