Chinese symbol for “bristles”
鬃
zōng
bristles; horse's mane
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bristles is 鬃 (zōng), defined as: bristles; horse's mane.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “bristles”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鬣 | liè | bristles; mane |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鬃.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鬃毛 | zōng máo | mane |
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.