Chinese symbol for “piranha”
食人鱼
shí rén yú
Traditional: 食人魚
piranha
The closest CC-CEDICT match for piranha is 食人鱼 (shí rén yú), defined as: piranha.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “piranha”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 食人鱼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 食品 | shí pǐn | foodstuff; food; provisions |
| 食物 | shí wù | food |
| 粮食 (糧食) | liáng shi | foodstuff; cereals |
| 美食 | měi shí | culinary delicacy; fine food |
| 饮食 (飲食) | yǐn shí | eating and drinking; food and drink; diet |
| 食用 | shí yòng | to eat; to consume; edible |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 鱼类 (魚類) | yú lèi | fishes |
See also: Japanese symbol for “piranha”.
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.