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Chinese symbol for “ukulele”

尤克里里
yóu kè lǐ lǐ
ukulele (loanword)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ukulele is 尤克里里 (yóu kè lǐ lǐ), defined as: ukulele (loanword).

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

尤 yóu
especially, particularly
radical 43 ⼪ · 4 strokes
克 kè
to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
radical 10 ⼉ · 7 strokes
里 lǐ
unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
radical 166 ⾥ · 7 strokes
里
里 lǐ
unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
radical 166 ⾥ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “ukulele”

WordPinyinMeaning
乌克丽丽 (烏克麗麗)wū kè lì lì(Tw) ukulele (loanword)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 尤克里里.

WordPinyinMeaning
尤其yóu qíespecially; particularly
尤为 (尤為)yóu wéiespecially
尤物yóu wùrarity; rare object
怨天尤人yuàn tiān yóu rén(idiom) to blame the gods and accuse others
效尤xiào yóuto follow a bad example
尤指yóu zhǐespecially; particularly
坦克tǎn kè(loanword) tank (military vehicle); (derog.) (slang) overweight woman
马克 (馬克)mǎ kèmark (monetary unit)
这里 (這裏)zhè lǐvariant of 这里 (zhè lǐ)
哪里 (哪裏)nǎ lǐwhere?; somewhere

See also: Japanese symbol for “ukulele”.

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.