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Chinese symbol for “ramen”

拉面
lā miàn
Traditional: 拉麵
pulled noodles; ramen

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ramen is 拉面 (lā miàn), defined as: pulled noodles; ramen.

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

拉 lā
to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes
面 miàn
face; surface, side; plane, dimension
radical 176 ⾯ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 拉面.

WordPinyinMeaning
卡拉kǎ lākaraoke; (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried
阿拉ā lā(Wu dialect) I; me; my; we; us; our
克拉kè lācarat (mass) (loanword)
拉丁lā dīngLatin; (in former times) to press-gang
拉拉lā lā(slang) lesbian; (coll.) Labrador retriever
马拉松 (馬拉松)mǎ lā sōng(loanword) marathon
方面fāng miànrespect; aspect
里面 (裏面)lǐ miànvariant of 里面 (lǐ miàn)

See also: Japanese symbol for “ramen”.

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.

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