Chinese symbol for “muscle”
肌肉
jī ròu
muscle; flesh
The closest CC-CEDICT match for muscle is 肌肉 (jī ròu), defined as: muscle; flesh.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “muscle”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肌肉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肌肤 (肌膚) | jī fū | skin; flesh |
| 腹肌 | fù jī | abdominal muscle |
| 心肌 | xīn jī | myocardium |
| 肌肉男 | jī ròu nán | muscular man; muscleman |
| 肌体 (肌體) | jī tǐ | the body; organism (usually human) |
| 牛肉 | niú ròu | beef |
| 猪肉 (豬肉) | zhū ròu | pork |
| 肉体 (肉體) | ròu tǐ | physical body |
See also: Japanese symbol for “muscle”.
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.