Chinese symbol for “iguana”
鬣蜥
liè xī
iguana
The closest CC-CEDICT match for iguana is 鬣蜥 (liè xī), defined as: iguana.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鬣蜥.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鬣狗 | liè gǒu | hyena |
| 鬣毛 | liè máo | mane |
| 蜥蜴 | xī yì | lizard |
| 巨蜥 | jù xī | monitor lizards (family Varanidae) |
| 火蜥蜴 | huǒ xī yì | salamander |
| 草原巨蜥 | cǎo yuán jù xī | Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus) |
| 虺蜥 | huǐ xī | venomous snake; fig. vicious person |
See also: Japanese symbol for “iguana”.
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.