Chinese symbol for “palate”
腭
è
Traditional: 齶
palate; roof of the mouth
The closest CC-CEDICT match for palate is 腭 (è), defined as: palate; roof of the mouth.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “palate”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 腭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 软腭 (軟齶) | ruǎn è | soft palate |
| 腭裂 (齶裂) | è liè | cleft palate |
| 软腭音 (軟齶音) | ruǎn è yīn | (linguistics) velar consonant |
| 龈腭音 (齦齶音) | yín è yīn | alveo-palatal sound (linguistics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “palate”.
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.