Chinese symbol for “nautilus”
鹦鹉螺
yīng wǔ luó
Traditional: 鸚鵡螺
nautilus; ammonite (fossil spiral shell)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nautilus is 鹦鹉螺 (yīng wǔ luó), defined as: nautilus; ammonite (fossil spiral shell).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鹦鹉螺.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鹦鹉 (鸚鵡) | yīng wǔ | parrot |
| 鹦哥 (鸚哥) | yīng gē | (coll.) parrot |
| 鹦鹉学舌 (鸚鵡學舌) | yīng wǔ xué shé | to parrot; to repeat uncritically what sb says |
| 鹦鹉热 (鸚鵡熱) | yīng wǔ rè | psittacosis; ornithosis |
| 啄羊鹦鹉 (啄羊鸚鵡) | zhuó yáng yīng wǔ | kea (Nestor notabilis) |
| 彩虹鹦鹉 (彩虹鸚鵡) | cǎi hóng yīng wǔ | (bird species of China) coconut lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) |
| 螺旋 | luó xuán | spiral; helix |
| 螺丝 (螺絲) | luó sī | screw |
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.