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Chinese symbol for “curry”

咖喱
gā lí
(loanword) curry

The closest CC-CEDICT match for curry is 咖喱 (gā lí), defined as: (loanword) curry.

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

咖 gā
coffee; used in transliterations
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
喱 lí
gram; the weight of one grain
radical 30 ⼝ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “curry”

WordPinyinMeaning
咖哩kā lǐ(Tw) (loanword) curry; colloquial pr. [ga1li3] or [ga1li2]
加哩jiā lǐ(loanword) curry

Related words

Other words that share a character with 咖喱.

WordPinyinMeaning
咖啡kā fēi(loanword) coffee; measure word: 杯 (bēi)
咖啡馆 (咖啡館)kā fēi guǎncafé; coffee shop; measure word: 家 (jiā)
咖啡店kā fēi diàncafé; coffee shop
咖啡厅 (咖啡廳)kā fēi tīngcoffee shop
咖啡因kā fēi yīncaffeine (loanword)
啫喱zhě lí(loanword) jelly; gel
咖喱粉gā lí fěncurry powder

See also: Japanese symbol for “curry”.

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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