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Chinese symbol for “reticulum”

蜂巢胃
fēng cháo wèi
reticulum (second stomach of ruminants); honeycomb tripe

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reticulum is 蜂巢胃 (fēng cháo wèi), defined as: reticulum (second stomach of ruminants); honeycomb tripe.

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

蜂 fēng
bee, wasp, hornet
radical 142 ⾍ · 13 strokes
巢 cháo
nest, living quarters in tree
radical 47 ⼮ · 11 strokes
胃 wèi
stomach
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 蜂巢胃.

WordPinyinMeaning
蜂蜜fēng mìhoney
蜜蜂mì fēngbee; honeybee
蜂窝 (蜂窩)fēng wōhoneycomb; beehive
黄蜂 (黃蜂)huáng fēngwasp
蜂巢fēng cháohoneycomb; beehive
蜂拥 (蜂擁)fēng yōngto swarm; to flock; to throng
巢穴cháo xuélair; nest
卵巢luǎn cháoovary
胃口wèi kǒuappetite; liking

See also: Japanese symbol for “reticulum”.

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.