Chinese symbol for “mongoose”
獴
měng
mongoose; Taiwan pr. [meng2]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mongoose is 獴 (měng), defined as: mongoose; Taiwan pr. [meng2].
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “mongoose”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 獴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灰獴 | huī měng | gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) |
| 狐獴 | hú měng | meerkat |
| 獴科 | měng kē | Herpestidae (zoology) |
| 细尾獴 (細尾獴) | xì wěi měng | meerkat; see 狐獴 (hú měng) |
| 蟹獴 | xiè měng | crab-eating mongoose |
| 食蟹獴 | shí xiè měng | see 蟹獴 (xiè měng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mongoose”.
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.