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Chinese symbol for “jelly”

啫喱
zhě lí
(loanword) jelly; gel

The closest CC-CEDICT match for jelly is 啫喱 (zhě lí), defined as: (loanword) jelly; gel.

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

啫 zhě
onomatopoeic; an interjection of warning
radical 30 ⼝ · 11 strokes
喱 lí
gram; the weight of one grain
radical 30 ⼝ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “jelly”

WordPinyinMeaning
果子冻 (果子凍)guǒ zi dòngjelly

Related words

Other words that share a character with 啫喱.

WordPinyinMeaning
啫哩zhě lívariant of 啫喱 (zhě lí)
咖喱gā lí(loanword) curry
咖喱粉gā lí fěncurry powder

See also: Japanese symbol for “jelly”.

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.