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Chinese symbol for “brant”

黑雁
hēi yàn
(bird species of China) brant (Branta bernicla)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for brant is 黑雁 (hēi yàn), defined as: (bird species of China) brant (Branta bernicla).

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

黑 hēi
black; dark; evil, sinister
radical 203 ⿊ · 12 strokes
雁 yàn
wild goose
radical 172 ⾫ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 黑雁.

WordPinyinMeaning
黑人hēi rénblack person; an illegal
黑暗hēi àndark; darkly
黑色hēi sèblack
黑白hēi báiblack and white; right and wrong
黑客hēi kè(computing) (loanword) hacker
黑帮 (黑幫)hēi bāngbunch of gangsters; criminal gang
大雁dà yànwild goose; 只 (zhī)
鸿雁 (鴻雁)hóng yàn(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)

See also: Japanese symbol for “brant”.

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.

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