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Chinese symbol for “gecko”

壁虎
bì hǔ
gecko; house lizard

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gecko is 壁虎 (bì hǔ), defined as: gecko; house lizard.

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

壁 bì
partition, wall; rampart
radical 32 ⼟ · 16 strokes
虎 hǔ
tiger; brave, fierce; surname
radical 141 ⾌ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “gecko”

WordPinyinMeaning
守宫 (守宮)shǒu gōnggecko; house lizard
盐蛇 (鹽蛇)yán shé(dialect) gecko

Related words

Other words that share a character with 壁虎.

WordPinyinMeaning
隔壁gé bìnext door; neighbor
墙壁 (牆壁)qiáng bìwall
壁画 (壁畫)bì huàmural (painting); fresco
壁垒 (壁壘)bì lěirampart; barrier
壁纸 (壁紙)bì zhǐwallpaper
壁炉 (壁爐)bì lúfireplace
老虎lǎo hǔtiger; 只 (zhī)
猛虎měng hǔfierce tiger

See also: Japanese symbol for “gecko”.

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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