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Chinese symbol for “sausage”

香肠
xiāng cháng
Traditional: 香腸
sausage; measure word: 根 (gēn)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sausage is 香肠 (xiāng cháng), defined as: sausage; measure word: 根 (gēn).

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

香 xiāng
incense; fragrant, aromatic
radical 186 ⾹ · 9 strokes
肠 cháng
intestines; emotions; sausage
radical 130 ⾁ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sausage”

WordPinyinMeaning
腊肠 (臘腸)là chángsausage
肠仔 (腸仔)cháng zǐsausage
臄juépalate; sausage

Related words

Other words that share a character with 香肠.

WordPinyinMeaning
香蕉xiāng jiāobanana; measure word: 根 (gēn), 把 (bǎ)
香烟 (香煙)xiāng yānsmoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支 (zhī),条 (tiáo),根 (gēn),包
香水xiāng shuǐperfume; cologne
香味xiāng wèifragrance; bouquet
香料xiāng liàospice; flavoring
肠道 (腸道)cháng dàointestines; gut
肠胃 (腸胃)cháng wèistomach and intestine; digestive system
肠子 (腸子)cháng ziintestines

See also: Japanese symbol for “sausage”.

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.