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Chinese symbol for “beaver”

海狸
hǎi lí
beaver

The closest CC-CEDICT match for beaver is 海狸 (hǎi lí), defined as: beaver.

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

海 hǎi
sea, ocean; maritime
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
狸 lí
fox
radical 94 ⽝ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “beaver”

WordPinyinMeaning
河狸hé líbeaver

Related words

Other words that share a character with 海狸.

WordPinyinMeaning
海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad
海军 (海軍)hǎi jūnnavy
海洋hǎi yángocean
海上hǎi shàngmaritime
沿海yán hǎicoastal
海岸hǎi àncoastal; seacoast
狐狸hú lifox; (fig.) sly or crafty person
狐狸精hú li jīngfox-spirit; vixen

See also: Japanese symbol for “beaver”.

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.