Chinese symbol for “eagle”
老鹰
lǎo yīng
Traditional: 老鷹
(coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey
The closest CC-CEDICT match for eagle is 老鹰 (lǎo yīng), defined as: (coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey.
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 “eagle”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 老鹰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老师 (老師) | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 老婆 | lǎo pó | (coll.) wife |
| 老板 | lǎo bǎn | variant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn) |
| 老人 | lǎo rén | old man or woman; the elderly |
| 老公 | lǎo gōng | (coll.) husband |
| 猫头鹰 (貓頭鷹) | māo tóu yīng | owl |
| 猎鹰 (獵鷹) | liè yīng | falcon |
| 秃鹰 (禿鷹) | tū yīng | vulture; condor |
See also: Japanese symbol for “eagle”.
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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