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Chinese symbol for “strawberry”

草莓
cǎo méi
strawberry; 颗 (kē); (Tw) hickey; love bite

The closest CC-CEDICT match for strawberry is 草莓 (cǎo méi), defined as: strawberry; 颗 (kē); (Tw) hickey; love bite.

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

草 cǎo
grass, herbs; straw, thatch
radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes
莓 méi
moss; edible berries
radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “strawberry”

WordPinyinMeaning
士多啤梨shì duō pí lí(HK) (loanword) strawberry
草果cǎo guǒblack cardamom; (dialect) strawberry

Related words

Other words that share a character with 草莓.

WordPinyinMeaning
草案cǎo àndraft (legislation, proposal etc)
草原cǎo yuángrassland; prairie
烟草 (煙草)yān cǎotobacco
起草qǐ cǎoto make a draft; to draw up (plans)
草根cǎo gēngrass roots (lit. and fig.)
黑莓hēi méiblackberry (Rubus fruticosus)
蓝莓 (藍莓)lán méiblueberry
树莓 (樹莓)shù méibramble; raspberry

See also: Japanese symbol for “strawberry”.

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.