Chinese symbol for “entomology”
昆虫学
kūn chóng xué
Traditional: 昆蟲學
entomology
The closest CC-CEDICT match for entomology is 昆虫学 (kūn chóng xué), defined as: entomology.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 昆虫学.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昆虫 (昆蟲) | kūn chóng | insect; 只 (zhī),群 (qún),堆 (duī) |
| 昆布 | kūn bù | kelp |
| 昆仲 | kūn zhòng | (literary) brothers; elder and younger brother |
| 昆玉 | kūn yù | honorific term for another person's brother |
| 杀虫剂 (殺蟲劑) | shā chóng jì | insecticide; pesticide |
| 寄生虫 (寄生蟲) | jì shēng chóng | parasite (biology); (fig.) freeloader |
| 虫子 (蟲子) | chóng zi | insect; bug |
| 幼虫 (幼蟲) | yòu chóng | (entomology) larva |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
See also: Japanese symbol for “entomology”.
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.