Chinese symbol for “mummy”

木乃伊

mù nǎi yī

(loanword) mummy (preserved corpse)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mummy is 木乃伊 (mù nǎi yī), defined as: (loanword) mummy (preserved corpse).

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Characters and stroke order

木 mù

tree; wood, lumber; wooden

radical 75 ⽊ · 4 strokes

乃 nǎi

then; really, indeed, after all

radical 4 ⼃ · 2 strokes

伊 yī

he she; this, that; used in transliterations

radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 木乃伊.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
木材	mù cái	wood
树木 (樹木)	shù mù	tree
木头 (木頭)	mù tou	wood; log (块 (kuài),根 (gēn)); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
麻木	má mù	numb; insensitive
木板	mù bǎn	slab; board
木偶	mù ǒu	puppet
乃至	nǎi zhì	and even; to go so far as to
乃是	nǎi shì	equivalent to either 是 (shì) or 就是 (jiù shì)
伊始	yī shǐ	outset; beginning

See also: Japanese symbol for “mummy”.

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.