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Chinese symbol for “foraging”

觅食行为
mì shí xíng wéi
Traditional: 覓食行為
foraging

The closest CC-CEDICT match for foraging is 觅食行为 (mì shí xíng wéi), defined as: foraging.

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

觅 mì
to seek; to search
radical 147 ⾒ · 8 strokes
食 shí
food; to eat
radical 184 ⾷ · 9 strokes
行 xíng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes
为 wéi
to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
radical 3 ⼂ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 觅食行为.

WordPinyinMeaning
寻觅 (尋覓)xún mìto look for
觅食 (覓食)mì shíto forage; to hunt for food
另觅新欢 (另覓新歡)lìng mì xīn huānto seek happiness elsewhere (euphemism for extramarital sex); a bit on the side
觅取 (覓取)mì qǔto seek; to seek out
觅句 (覓句)mì jùto search for the right word (of poet)
食品shí pǐnfoodstuff; food; provisions
食物shí wùfood
粮食 (糧食)liáng shifoodstuff; cereals
进行 (進行)jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
因为 (因為)yīn wèibecause; owing to; on account of

See also: Japanese symbol for “foraging”.

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.