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Chinese symbol for “tanning”

鞣制
róu zhì
Traditional: 鞣製
to tan (leather); tanning

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tanning is 鞣制 (róu zhì), defined as: to tan (leather); tanning.

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

鞣 róu
to tan, to soften
radical 177 ⾰ · 18 strokes
制 zhì
system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 鞣制.

WordPinyinMeaning
鞣酸róu suāntannic acid; tannin
鞣质 (鞣質)róu zhìtannin
控制kòng zhìto control
制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution
限制xiàn zhìto restrict; to limit
制作 (製作)zhì zuòto make; to manufacture
制造 (製造)zhì zàoto manufacture; to make
体制 (體制)tǐ zhìsystem; organization

See also: Japanese symbol for “tanning”.

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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