Chinese symbol for “cub”
幼兽
yòu shòu
Traditional: 幼獸
cub
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cub is 幼兽 (yòu shòu), defined as: cub.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 幼兽.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幼儿园 (幼兒園) | yòu ér yuán | kindergarten; nursery school |
| 幼稚 | yòu zhì | young; childish |
| 幼儿 (幼兒) | yòu ér | young child; infant |
| 幼女 | yòu nǚ | young girl |
| 幼童 | yòu tóng | young child |
| 年幼 | nián yòu | young; underage |
| 野兽 (野獸) | yě shòu | beast; wild animal |
| 怪兽 (怪獸) | guài shòu | rare animal; mythical animal |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cub”.
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.