Chinese symbol for “falcon”
猎鹰
liè yīng
Traditional: 獵鷹
falcon
The closest CC-CEDICT match for falcon is 猎鹰 (liè yīng), defined as: falcon.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “falcon”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 猎鹰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猎人 (獵人) | liè rén | hunter |
| 狩猎 (狩獵) | shòu liè | to hunt; hunting |
| 猎物 (獵物) | liè wù | prey; quarry |
| 打猎 (打獵) | dǎ liè | to go hunting |
| 猎杀 (獵殺) | liè shā | to kill (in hunting) |
| 猫头鹰 (貓頭鷹) | māo tóu yīng | owl |
| 老鹰 (老鷹) | lǎo yīng | (coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey |
| 秃鹰 (禿鷹) | tū yīng | vulture; condor |
See also: Japanese symbol for “falcon”.
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.