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Chinese symbol for “kangaroo”

袋鼠
dài shǔ
kangaroo

The closest CC-CEDICT match for kangaroo is 袋鼠 (dài shǔ), defined as: kangaroo.

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

袋 dài
bag, sack; pocket, pouch
radical 145 ⾐ · 11 strokes
鼠 shǔ
rat, mouse
radical 208 ⿏ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 袋鼠.

WordPinyinMeaning
脑袋 (腦袋)nǎo daihead; skull
口袋kǒu dàipocket; bag; sack
袋子dài zibag
塑料袋sù liào dàiplastic bag
布袋bù dàipouch; sack
老鼠lǎo shǔrat; mouse (只 (zhī))
鼠标 (鼠標)shǔ biāo(computing) mouse
松鼠sōng shǔsquirrel

See also: Japanese symbol for “kangaroo”.

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.