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Chinese symbol for “ketchup”

番茄酱
fān qié jiàng
Traditional: 番茄醬
ketchup; tomato sauce

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ketchup is 番茄酱 (fān qié jiàng), defined as: ketchup; tomato sauce.

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

番 fān
to take turns, to repeat; to sow; a turn
radical 102 ⽥ · 12 strokes
茄 qié
eggplant
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes
酱 jiàng
sauce, paste, jam
radical 164 ⾣ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 番茄酱.

WordPinyinMeaning
番茄fān qiétomato
番号 (番號)fān hàonumber of military unit
轮番 (輪番)lún fānin turn; one after another
翻番fān fānto double; to increase by a certain number of times
番薯fān shǔ(dialect) sweet potato; yam
茄子qié zieggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine
雪茄xuě jiā(loanword) cigar
蕃茄fān qiévariant of 番茄 (fān qié)
酱油 (醬油)jiàng yóusoy sauce

See also: Japanese symbol for “ketchup”.

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.