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Chinese symbol for “mammal”

哺乳动物
bǔ rǔ dòng wù
Traditional: 哺乳動物
mammal

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mammal is 哺乳动物 (bǔ rǔ dòng wù), defined as: mammal.

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

哺 bǔ
to chew; to feed
radical 30 ⼝ · 10 strokes
乳 rǔ
breast, nipples; milk; to suckle
radical 5 ⼄ · 8 strokes
动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes
物 wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 哺乳动物.

WordPinyinMeaning
哺乳bǔ rǔbreastfeeding; to suckle
哺育bǔ yùto feed; (fig.) to nurture; to foster
哺乳期bǔ rǔ qībreastfeeding period; lactation period
哺乳类 (哺乳類)bǔ rǔ lèimammals
反哺fǎn bǔto support one's parents in their old age; to show filial piety
乳房rǔ fángbreast; udder
乳头 (乳頭)rǔ tóunipple
母乳mǔ rǔbreast milk
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “mammal”.

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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