King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “veal”

小牛肉
xiǎo niú ròu
veal

The closest CC-CEDICT match for veal is 小牛肉 (xiǎo niú ròu), defined as: veal.

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

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
牛 niú
ox, cow, bull
radical 93 ⽜ · 4 strokes
肉 ròu
meat; flesh
radical 130 ⾁ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小牛肉.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
牛奶niú nǎicow's milk; measure word: 瓶 (píng), 杯 (bēi)
牛肉niú ròubeef
肌肉jī ròumuscle; flesh

See also: Japanese symbol for “veal”.

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.