Chinese symbol for “pelican”
鹈鹕
tí hú
Traditional: 鵜鶘
pelican
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pelican is 鹈鹕 (tí hú), defined as: pelican.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pelican”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鹈鹕.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卷羽鹈鹕 (卷羽鵜鶘) | juǎn yǔ tí hú | (bird species of China) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) |
| 斑嘴鹈鹕 (斑嘴鵜鶘) | bān zuǐ tí hú | (bird species of China) spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) |
| 白鹈鹕 (白鵜鶘) | bái tí hú | (bird species of China) great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) |
| 黑腹蛇鹈 (黑腹蛇鵜) | hēi fù shé tí | (bird species of China) oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pelican”.
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.