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Chinese symbol for “delicacies”

馐
xiū
Traditional: 饈
delicacies

The closest CC-CEDICT match for delicacies is 馐 (xiū), defined as: delicacies.

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Characters and stroke order

馐 xiū
food, meal; to eat; to offer
radical 184 ⾷ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “delicacies”

WordPinyinMeaning
羞xiūshy; ashamed
佳肴 (佳餚)jiā yáofine food; delicacies
馔 (饌)zhuànfood; delicacies
篹zhuànto compose; to compile

Related words

Other words that share a character with 馐.

WordPinyinMeaning
珍馐 (珍饈)zhēn xiūdelicacy; dainties
珍馐美味 (珍饈美味)zhēn xiū měi wèidelicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat
珍馐美馔 (珍饈美饌)zhēn xiū měi zhuàndelicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat

See also: Japanese symbol for “delicacies”.

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.