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Chinese symbol for “bee”

蜜蜂
mì fēng
bee; honeybee; 只 (zhī),群 (qún)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bee is 蜜蜂 (mì fēng), defined as: bee; honeybee; 只 (zhī),群 (qún).

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

蜜 mì
honey, nectar; sweet
radical 142 ⾍ · 14 strokes
蜂 fēng
bee, wasp, hornet
radical 142 ⾍ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “bee”

WordPinyinMeaning
蜂fēngbee; wasp
蜂子fēng zi(coll.) bee; wasp

Related words

Other words that share a character with 蜜蜂.

WordPinyinMeaning
甜蜜tián mìsweet; happy
蜂蜜fēng mìhoney
闺蜜 (閨蜜)guī mì(coll.) (a woman's) close female friend; bestie; (originally written 闺密 (guī mì), an abbr. for 闺中密友 (guī zhōng mì yǒu))
蜜月mì yuèhoneymoon
蜜桃mì táohoney peach; juicy peach
蜂窝 (蜂窩)fēng wōhoneycomb; beehive
黄蜂 (黃蜂)huáng fēngwasp
蜂巢fēng cháohoneycomb; beehive

See also: Japanese symbol for “bee”.

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.