Chinese symbol for “rodents”
啮齿类
niè chǐ lèi
Traditional: 囓齒類
rodents
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rodents is 啮齿类 (niè chǐ lèi), defined as: rodents.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 啮齿类.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 啮合 (嚙合) | niè hé | (of opposing teeth, or gears) to mesh; to engage |
| 啮齿动物 (嚙齒動物) | niè chǐ dòng wù | rodent |
| 咬啮 (咬嚙) | yǎo niè | to gnaw |
| 啮齿目 (嚙齒目) | niè chǐ mù | order of rodents (rats, squirrels etc) |
| 牙齿 (牙齒) | yá chǐ | tooth; dental |
| 齿轮 (齒輪) | chǐ lún | (machine) gear; pinion (gear wheel) |
| 不齿 (不齒) | bù chǐ | to despise; to hold in contempt |
| 锯齿 (鋸齒) | jù chǐ | sawtooth |
| 人类 (人類) | rén lèi | humanity; human race |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rodents”.
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.