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Chinese symbol for “gorilla”

大猩猩
dà xīng xing
gorilla

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gorilla is 大猩猩 (dà xīng xing), defined as: gorilla.

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

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
猩 xīng
ape, orangutan
radical 94 ⽝ · 12 strokes
猩
猩 xing
ape, orangutan
radical 94 ⽝ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大猩猩.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
猩猩xīng xingorangutan; (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin
黑猩猩hēi xīng xingcommon chimpanzee
猩红热 (猩紅熱)xīng hóng rèscarlet fever

See also: Japanese symbol for “gorilla”.

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.