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Chinese symbol for “flabby”

肉
ròu
meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for flabby is 肉 (ròu), defined as: meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute.

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

肉 ròu
meat; flesh
radical 130 ⾁ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “flabby”

WordPinyinMeaning
软弱 (軟弱)ruǎn ruòweak; feeble
软绵绵 (軟綿綿)ruǎn mián miánsoft; velvety

Related words

Other words that share a character with 肉.

WordPinyinMeaning
肌肉jī ròumuscle; flesh
牛肉niú ròubeef
猪肉 (豬肉)zhū ròupork
肉体 (肉體)ròu tǐphysical body
鸡肉 (雞肉)jī ròuchicken meat
烤肉kǎo ròuto barbecue meat; to roast meat; barbecued meat; roast meat

See also: Japanese symbol for “flabby”.

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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