Chinese symbol for “hoof”
蹄
tí
hoof; pig's trotters
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hoof is 蹄 (tí), defined as: hoof; pig's trotters.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hoof”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蹄.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马蹄 (馬蹄) | mǎ tí | horse's hoof; horseshoe |
| 蹄子 | tí zi | hoof; (old) wench |
| 猪蹄 (豬蹄) | zhū tí | pig trotters |
| 马不停蹄 (馬不停蹄) | mǎ bù tíng tí | unrelenting; without stopping to rest |
| 口蹄疫 | kǒu tí yì | foot-and-mouth disease (FMD); aphthous fever |
| 铁蹄 (鐵蹄) | tiě tí | iron hoof (of the oppressor) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hoof”.
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.