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Chinese symbol for “mammals”

哺乳类
bǔ rǔ lèi
Traditional: 哺乳類
mammals

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mammals is 哺乳类 (bǔ rǔ lèi), defined as: mammals.

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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
类 lèi
category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble
radical 119 ⽶ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 哺乳类.

WordPinyinMeaning
哺乳bǔ rǔbreastfeeding; to suckle
哺乳动物 (哺乳動物)bǔ rǔ dòng wùmammal
哺育bǔ yùto feed; (fig.) to nurture; to foster
哺乳期bǔ rǔ qībreastfeeding period; lactation period
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
人类 (人類)rén lèihumanity; human race

See also: Japanese symbol for “mammals”.

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.