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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “lepidoptera”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鳞翅 (鱗翅) | lín chì | scaly 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.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鳞片 (鱗片) | lín piàn | scale (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 lín | fish scales |
| 鳞甲 (鱗甲) | lín jiǎ | scale; plate of armor |
| 鳞茎 (鱗莖) | lín jīng | (botany) bulb |
| 翅膀 | chì bǎng | wing; 只 (zhī),对 (duì) |
| 展翅 | zhǎn chì | to spread wings |
| 鸡翅 (雞翅) | jī chì | chicken wing |
| 目前 | mù qián | at 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.