Chinese symbol for “topping”
浇头
jiāo tou
Traditional: 澆頭
topping (mixture of ingredients and sauce poured over noodles or rice, esp. in Shanghainese cuisine)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for topping is 浇头 (jiāo tou), defined as: topping (mixture of ingredients and sauce poured over noodles or rice, esp. in Shanghainese cuisine).
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “topping”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 浇头.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浇水 (澆水) | jiāo shuǐ | to water (plants etc) |
| 浇灌 (澆灌) | jiāo guàn | to water; to irrigate |
| 浇筑 (澆築) | jiāo zhù | to pour (concrete etc) |
| 火上浇油 (火上澆油) | huǒ shàng jiāo yóu | to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation; to enrage people and make matters worse |
| 浇注 (澆注) | jiāo zhù | to pour (molten metal, concrete etc) into a mold |
| 浇铸 (澆鑄) | jiāo zhù | to cast (molten metal); to mold |
| 头发 (頭髮) | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 街头 (街頭) | jiē tóu | street |
See also: Japanese symbol for “topping”.
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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