Chinese symbol for “duck”
鹜
wù
Traditional: 鶩
duck
The closest CC-CEDICT match for duck is 鹜 (wù), defined as: duck.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “duck”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鹜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 趋之若鹜 (趨之若鶩) | qū zhī ruò wù | to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable; an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase |
| 刻鹄类鹜 (刻鵠類鶩) | kè hú lèi wù | to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom); to fail utterly in trying to copy something |
| 鸡鹜 (雞鶩) | jī wù | petty or mean persons |
| 驰鹜 (馳鶩) | chí wù | variant of 驰骛 (chí wù) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “duck”.
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.