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Chinese symbol for “gallon”

加仑
jiā lún
Traditional: 加侖
(loanword) gallon

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gallon is 加仑 (jiā lún), defined as: (loanword) gallon.

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

加 jiā
to add to, to increase, to augment
radical 19 ⼒ · 5 strokes
仑 lún
logical reasons, logical order
radical 9 ⼈ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “gallon”

WordPinyinMeaning
呏shēnggallon; quart

Related words

Other words that share a character with 加仑.

WordPinyinMeaning
参加 (參加)cān jiāto participate; to take part; to join
增加zēng jiāto raise; to increase
加入jiā rùto become a member; to join
加强 (加強)jiā qiángto reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
更加gèng jiāmore (than sth else); even more
加上jiā shàngto add; plus; in addition; moreover
库仑 (庫侖)kù lúncoulomb (unit of electric charge)
黑加仑 (黑加侖)hēi jiā lúnblackcurrant

See also: Japanese symbol for “gallon”.

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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