Chinese symbol for “ant”
蚂蚁
mǎ yǐ
Traditional: 螞蟻
ant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ant is 蚂蚁 (mǎ yǐ), defined as: ant.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蚁 (蟻) | yǐ | ant |
| 螘 | yǐ | ant; variant of 蚁 (yǐ) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蚂蚁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蚂蚱 (螞蚱) | mà zha | (dialect) locust; grasshopper |
| 蚂蟥 (螞蟥) | mǎ huáng | leech |
| 蚂蜂 (螞蜂) | mǎ fēng | variant of 马蜂 (mǎ fēng) |
| 蚂蚁窝 (螞蟻窩) | mǎ yǐ wō | ant nest |
| 蚂螂 (螞螂) | mā láng | dragonfly |
| 白蚁 (白蟻) | bái yǐ | termite; white ant |
| 工蚁 (工蟻) | gōng yǐ | worker ant |
| 蝼蚁 (螻蟻) | lóu yǐ | lit. mole cricket and ants; fig. tiny individuals with no power |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ant”.
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.