Chinese symbol for “merino”

美利奴羊

měi lì nú yáng

merino (breed of sheep)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for merino is 美利奴羊 (měi lì nú yáng), defined as: merino (breed of sheep).

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

美 měi

beautiful, pretty; pleasing

radical 123 ⽺ · 9 strokes

利 lì

gains, advantage, profit, merit

radical 18 ⼑ · 7 strokes

奴 nú

slave, servant

radical 38 ⼥ · 5 strokes

羊 yáng

sheep, goat

radical 123 ⽺ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 美利奴羊.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
美元	měi yuán	American dollar; US dollar
美丽 (美麗)	měi lì	beautiful
完美	wán měi	perfect
美女	měi nǚ	beautiful woman
美好	měi hǎo	beautiful; fine
美食	měi shí	culinary delicacy; fine food
利用	lì yòng	to exploit; to make use of
权利 (權利)	quán lì	right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth
奴隶 (奴隸)	nú lì	slave
山羊	shān yáng	goat; (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse

See also: Japanese symbol for “merino”.

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.