Chinese symbol for “loin”
里脊
lǐ ji
Traditional: 裡脊
(tender)loin (of pork, beef etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for loin is 里脊 (lǐ ji), defined as: (tender)loin (of pork, beef etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “loin”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 里脊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 这里 (這裏) | zhè lǐ | variant of 这里 (zhè lǐ) |
| 哪里 (哪裏) | nǎ lǐ | where?; somewhere |
| 那里 (那裏) | nà li | there; that place |
| 脊椎 | jǐ zhuī | vertebra; backbone |
| 脊髓 | jǐ suǐ | spinal cord; medulla spinalis |
| 脊椎动物 (脊椎動物) | jǐ zhuī dòng wù | vertebrate |
| 脊梁 | jǐ liáng | backbone; spine |
| 山脊 | shān jǐ | mountain ridge |
See also: Japanese symbol for “loin”.
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.