Chinese symbol for “honeycomb”
蜂窝
fēng wō
Traditional: 蜂窩
honeycomb; beehive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for honeycomb is 蜂窝 (fēng wō), defined as: honeycomb; beehive.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “honeycomb”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜂巢 | fēng cháo | honeycomb; beehive |
| 蜂房 | fēng fáng | honeycomb; beehive |
| 蛡 | yì | (literary) honeycomb; beehive |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蜂窝.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜂蜜 | fēng mì | honey |
| 蜜蜂 | mì fēng | bee; honeybee |
| 黄蜂 (黃蜂) | huáng fēng | wasp |
| 蜂巢 | fēng cháo | honeycomb; beehive |
| 蜂拥 (蜂擁) | fēng yōng | to swarm; to flock; to throng |
| 被窝 (被窩) | bèi wō | (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube; (contemporary) bedding; bed cover |
| 燕窝 (燕窩) | yàn wō | edible bird's nest |
| 窝囊废 (窩囊廢) | wō nang fèi | (coll.) spineless coward; wimp |
See also: Japanese symbol for “honeycomb”.
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.