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Chinese symbol for “gourmet”

美食家
měi shí jiā
gourmet

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gourmet is 美食家 (měi shí jiā), defined as: gourmet.

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

美 měi
beautiful, pretty; pleasing
radical 123 ⽺ · 9 strokes
食 shí
food; to eat
radical 184 ⾷ · 9 strokes
家 jiā
house, home, residence; family
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 美食家.

WordPinyinMeaning
美元měi yuánAmerican dollar; US dollar
美丽 (美麗)měi lìbeautiful
完美wán měiperfect
美女měi nǚbeautiful woman
美好měi hǎobeautiful; fine
美食měi shículinary delicacy; fine food
食品shí pǐnfoodstuff; food; provisions
食物shí wùfood
国家 (國家)guó jiācountry; nation; state

See also: Japanese symbol for “gourmet”.

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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