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Chinese symbol for “predator”

天敌
tiān dí
Traditional: 天敵
predator; natural enemy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for predator is 天敌 (tiān dí), defined as: predator; natural enemy.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

天 tiān
sky, heaven; god, celestial
radical 37 ⼤ · 4 strokes
敌 dí
enemy, foe, rival; to match; to resist
radical 66 ⽁ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “predator”

WordPinyinMeaning
捕食者bǔ shí zhěpredator
掠夺者 (掠奪者)lüè duó zhěrobber; plunderer
敌害 (敵害)dí hàipest; vermin

Related words

Other words that share a character with 天敌.

WordPinyinMeaning
今天jīn tiāntoday; the present time; now
每天měi tiānevery day
明天míng tiāntomorrow
几天 (幾天)jǐ tiānseveral days
昨天zuó tiānyesterday
天下tiān xiàland under heaven; the whole world
敌人 (敵人)dí rénenemy; 个 (gè)
无敌 (無敵)wú díunequalled; without rival

See also: Japanese symbol for “predator”.

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.