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Chinese symbol for “fang”

獠牙
liáo yá
tusk; fang

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fang is 獠牙 (liáo yá), defined as: tusk; fang.

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

獠 liáo
to hunt at night with torches
radical 94 ⽝ · 15 strokes
牙 yá
tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated
radical 92 ⽛ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “fang”

WordPinyinMeaning
尖牙jiān yácanine tooth; fang; tusk

Related words

Other words that share a character with 獠牙.

WordPinyinMeaning
青面獠牙qīng miàn liáo yáferocious-looking (idiom)
牙齿 (牙齒)yá chǐtooth; dental
牙膏yá gāotoothpaste; measure word: 管 (guǎn)
象牙xiàng yáivory; elephant tusk
牙医 (牙醫)yá yīdentist
刷牙shuā yáto brush one's teeth
牙科yá kēdentistry

See also: Japanese symbol for “fang”.

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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