Chinese symbol for “meat”
肉
ròu
meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for meat is 肉 (ròu), defined as: meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “meat”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肌肉 | jī ròu | muscle; flesh |
| 牛肉 | niú ròu | beef |
| 猪肉 (豬肉) | zhū ròu | pork |
| 肉体 (肉體) | ròu tǐ | physical body |
| 鸡肉 (雞肉) | jī ròu | chicken meat |
| 烤肉 | kǎo ròu | to barbecue meat; to roast meat; barbecued meat; roast meat |
See also: Japanese symbol for “meat”.
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.