鼬 — Chinese character
鼬
yòu
weasel, mustela itatis
- Pinyin
- yòu
- Radical
- 208 ⿏ (Rat)
- Strokes
- 18
- Components
- 鼠 由
- Formation
- pictophonetic — rat; meaning component 鼠; sound component 由
- Japanese
- 鼬 as a kanji
Common words with 鼬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 臭鼬 | chòu yòu | skunk |
| 鼬鼠 | yòu shǔ | weasel |
| 黄鼬 (黃鼬) | huáng yòu | Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica) |
| 鼬獾 | yòu huān | ferret badger |
| 伶鼬 | líng yòu | weasel; Mustela nivalis (zoology) |
| 艾鼬 | ài yòu | steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii) |
| 猫鼬 (貓鼬) | māo yòu | see 狐獴 (hú měng) |
| 野鼬瓣花 | yě yòu bàn huā | wild hemp |
| 青鼬 | qīng yòu | weasel; Martes flavigula (zoology) |
| 香鼬 | xiāng yòu | mountain weasel; alpine weasel |
| 鼬属 (鼬屬) | yòu shǔ | Mustela (genus of weasels etc) |
| 鼬科 | yòu kē | Mustelidae (taxonomic family of weasel, otter, mink) |
English words written with 鼬
鼬 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.