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Chinese symbol for “crayfish”

小龙虾
xiǎo lóng xiā
Traditional: 小龍蝦
crayfish; (esp.) red swamp crayfish 克氏原螯虾 (Kè shì yuán áo xiā)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for crayfish is 小龙虾 (xiǎo lóng xiā), defined as: crayfish; (esp.) red swamp crayfish 克氏原螯虾 (Kè shì yuán áo xiā).

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

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
龙 lóng
dragon; symbol of the emperor
radical 212 ⿓ · 5 strokes
虾 xiā
shrimp, prawn
radical 142 ⾍ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “crayfish”

WordPinyinMeaning
蝲蛄là gǔcrayfish
螯虾 (螯蝦)áo xiācrayfish

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小龙虾.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
龙头 (龍頭)lóng tóufaucet; tap; bicycle handlebar
恐龙 (恐龍)kǒng lóngdinosaur (头 (tóu),只 (zhī)); (old) (slang) ugly person
龙虾 (龍蝦)lóng xiālobster

See also: Japanese symbol for “crayfish”.

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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