Chinese symbol for “opossum”
负鼠
fù shǔ
Traditional: 負鼠
opossum (zoo.)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for opossum is 负鼠 (fù shǔ), defined as: opossum (zoo.).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 负鼠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 负责 (負責) | fù zé | to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious |
| 负责人 (負責人) | fù zé rén | person in charge |
| 负担 (負擔) | fù dān | to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden |
| 负面 (負面) | fù miàn | negative; the negative side |
| 欺负 (欺負) | qī fu | to bully |
| 担负 (擔負) | dān fù | to shoulder; to bear |
| 老鼠 | lǎo shǔ | rat; mouse (只 (zhī)) |
| 鼠标 (鼠標) | shǔ biāo | (computing) mouse |
See also: Japanese symbol for “opossum”.
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.