Chinese symbol for “raven”
乌鸦
wū yā
Traditional: 烏鴉
crow; raven
The closest CC-CEDICT match for raven is 乌鸦 (wū yā), defined as: crow; raven.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “raven”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 乌鸦.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乌龟 (烏龜) | wū guī | tortoise; cuckold |
| 乌托邦 (烏托邦) | wū tuō bāng | (loanword) utopia |
| 乌云 (烏雲) | wū yún | black cloud |
| 乌龙 (烏龍) | wū lóng | black dragon; unexpected mistake or mishap |
| 乌拉 (烏拉) | wù la | leather shoe stuffed with Carex meyeriana 乌拉草 (wù la cǎo), worn in northeastern China during winter |
| 鸦片 (鴉片) | yā piàn | (loanword) opium |
| 涂鸦 (塗鴉) | tú yā | graffiti; scrawl |
| 鸦雀无声 (鴉雀無聲) | yā què wú shēng | lit. crow and peacock make no sound; absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard |
See also: Japanese symbol for “raven”.
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.