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Chinese symbol for “sandwich”

三明治
sān míng zhì
(loanword) sandwich

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sandwich is 三明治 (sān míng zhì), defined as: (loanword) sandwich.

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Characters and stroke order

三 sān
three
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes
明 míng
bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
radical 72 ⽇ · 8 strokes
治 zhì
to administer, to govern, to regulate
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “sandwich”

WordPinyinMeaning
三文治sān wén zhì(loanword) sandwich
夹 (夾)jiāto press from either side; to place in between

Related words

Other words that share a character with 三明治.

WordPinyinMeaning
三星sān xīngthree major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion
三次sān cìthird; three times
三级 (三級)sān jígrade 3; third class
十三shí sānthirteen; 13
三分sān fēnsomewhat; to some degree
第三方dì sān fāngthird party
说明 (說明)shuō míngto explain; to illustrate
证明 (證明)zhèng míngproof; certificate
政治zhèng zhìpolitics; political

See also: Japanese symbol for “sandwich”.

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.