Chinese symbol for “bite”
咬
yǎo
to bite; to nip
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bite is 咬 (yǎo), defined as: to bite; to nip.
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
Other Chinese words for “bite”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咬伤 (咬傷) | yǎo shāng | bite (e.g. snake bite, mosquito bite) |
| 叮咬 | dīng yǎo | (of a mosquito etc) to bite |
| 一口 | yī kǒu | readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on) |
| 咋 | zé | (literary) to bite; to gnaw |
| 啃 | kěn | to gnaw; to nibble |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 咬.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咬伤 (咬傷) | yǎo shāng | bite (e.g. snake bite, mosquito bite) |
| 咬牙 | yǎo yá | to clench one's teeth; to grind the teeth |
| 咬牙切齿 (咬牙切齒) | yǎo yá qiè chǐ | (idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage |
| 咬紧牙关 (咬緊牙關) | yǎo jǐn yá guān | (idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly; (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet |
| 叮咬 | dīng yǎo | (of a mosquito etc) to bite |
| 一口咬定 | yī kǒu yǎo dìng | to arbitrarily assert; to allege |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bite”.
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.