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Chinese symbol for “lepidoptera”

鳞翅目
lín chì mù
Traditional: 鱗翅目
Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lepidoptera is 鳞翅目 (lín chì mù), defined as: Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类).

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

鳞 lín
fish scales
radical 195 ⿂ · 20 strokes
翅 chì
wings; fins
radical 124 ⽻ · 10 strokes
目 mù
eye; to look, to see; division, topic
radical 109 ⽬ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “lepidoptera”

WordPinyinMeaning
鳞翅 (鱗翅)lín chìscaly wing; Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 鳞翅目.

WordPinyinMeaning
鳞片 (鱗片)lín piànscale (of fish, reptiles etc)
遍体鳞伤 (遍體鱗傷)biàn tǐ lín shāng(idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue
鱼鳞 (魚鱗)yú línfish scales
鳞甲 (鱗甲)lín jiǎscale; plate of armor
鳞茎 (鱗莖)lín jīng(botany) bulb
翅膀chì bǎngwing; 只 (zhī),对 (duì)
展翅zhǎn chìto spread wings
鸡翅 (雞翅)jī chìchicken wing
目前mù qiánat the present time; currently

See also: Japanese symbol for “lepidoptera”.

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.

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