Chinese symbol for “griffin”
狮鹫
shī jiù
Traditional: 獅鷲
griffin
The closest CC-CEDICT match for griffin is 狮鹫 (shī jiù), defined as: griffin.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “griffin”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 狮鹫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狮子 (獅子) | shī zi | lion; 只 (zhī),头 (tóu) |
| 石狮 (石獅) | shí shī | see 石狮子 (shí shī zi) |
| 雄狮 (雄獅) | xióng shī | male lion |
| 舞狮 (舞獅) | wǔ shī | lion dance (traditional Chinese dance form) |
| 海狮 (海獅) | hǎi shī | sea lion |
| 狮子头 (獅子頭) | shī zi tóu | large meatball ("lion's head") |
| 秃鹫 (禿鷲) | tū jiù | vulture; (bird species of China) cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) |
| 兀鹫 (兀鷲) | wù jiù | vulture; (bird species of China) Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “griffin”.
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.