Chinese symbol for “crocodile”
鳄
è
Traditional: 鱷
(bound form) alligator; crocodile
The closest CC-CEDICT match for crocodile is 鳄 (è), defined as: (bound form) alligator; crocodile.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鳄.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鳄鱼 (鱷魚) | è yú | alligator; crocodile (条 (tiáo)) |
| 鳄梨 (鱷梨) | è lí | avocado (Persea americana) |
| 短吻鳄 (短吻鱷) | duǎn wěn è | alligator |
| 扬子鳄 (揚子鱷) | yáng zǐ è | Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) |
| 凯门鳄 (凱門鱷) | kǎi mén è | (zoology) caiman |
| 鳄鱼眼泪 (鱷魚眼淚) | è yú yǎn lèi | crocodile tears |
See also: Japanese symbol for “crocodile”.
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.