Chinese symbol for “pigeon”
鸽子
gē zi
Traditional: 鴿子
pigeon; dove; various birds of the family Columbidae
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pigeon is 鸽子 (gē zi), defined as: pigeon; dove; various birds of the family Columbidae.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pigeon”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鸽子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 信鸽 (信鴿) | xìn gē | homing pigeon; carrier pigeon |
| 鸽派 (鴿派) | gē pài | dove faction (opposite: 鹰派 (yīng pài), hawks); peace party |
| 和平鸽 (和平鴿) | hé píng gē | dove of peace |
| 雏鸽 (雛鴿) | chú gē | squab; nestling pigeon |
| 放鸽子 (放鴿子) | fàng gē zi | to stand sb up; to bail on sb |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pigeon”.
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.