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Chinese symbol for “feather”

羽毛
yǔ máo
feather; plumage; plume

The closest CC-CEDICT match for feather is 羽毛 (yǔ máo), defined as: feather; plumage; plume.

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

羽 yǔ
feather, plume; wings
radical 124 ⽻ · 6 strokes
毛 máo
hair, fur, feathers; coarse
radical 82 ⽑ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “feather”

WordPinyinMeaning
羽yǔfeather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
毛máohair; feather
翎毛líng máofeather; plume

Related words

Other words that share a character with 羽毛.

WordPinyinMeaning
羽毛球yǔ máo qiúbadminton; shuttlecock
党羽 (黨羽)dǎng yǔhenchmen
羽球yǔ qiúbadminton; shuttlecock
羽翼yǔ yìwing; (fig.) assistant
羽绒 (羽絨)yǔ róngdown (soft feathers)
毛病máo bìngfault; defect
毛巾máo jīntowel; 条 (tiáo)
毛利máo lìgross profit

See also: Japanese symbol for “feather”.

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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