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Chinese symbol for “meatball”

肉丸
ròu wán
meatball

The closest CC-CEDICT match for meatball is 肉丸 (ròu wán), defined as: meatball.

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

肉 ròu
meat; flesh
radical 130 ⾁ · 6 strokes
丸 wán
ball, pebble, pellet, pill
radical 3 ⼂ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 肉丸.

WordPinyinMeaning
肌肉jī ròumuscle; flesh
牛肉niú ròubeef
猪肉 (豬肉)zhū ròupork
肉体 (肉體)ròu tǐphysical body
鸡肉 (雞肉)jī ròuchicken meat
烤肉kǎo ròuto barbecue meat; to roast meat; barbecued meat; roast meat
药丸 (藥丸)yào wánpill; measure word: 粒 (lì)
睾丸 (睪丸)gāo wántesticle

See also: Japanese symbol for “meatball”.

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.