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Chinese symbol for “ruff”

流苏鹬
liú sū yù
Traditional: 流蘇鷸
(bird species of China) ruff (Calidris pugnax)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ruff is 流苏鹬 (liú sū yù), defined as: (bird species of China) ruff (Calidris pugnax).

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

流 liú
to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
苏 sū
to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations
radical 140 ⾋ · 8 strokes
鹬 yù
snipe, kingfisher
radical 196 ⿃ · 17 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 流苏鹬.

WordPinyinMeaning
交流jiāo liúto exchange; exchange
流行liú xíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
主流zhǔ liúmain stream (of a river); fig. the essential point
流动 (流動)liú dòngto flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid
流量liú liàngflow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic; (hydrology) discharge
流通liú tōngto circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
苏丹 (蘇丹)sū dān(loanword) sultan
复苏 (復甦)fù sūto recover (health, economic); to resuscitate
鹬蚌相争 (鷸蚌相爭)yù bàng xiāng zhēngabbr. for 鷸蚌相爭,漁翁得利|鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利[yu4 bang4 xiang1 zheng1 , yu2 weng1 de2 li4]

See also: Japanese symbol for “ruff”.

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.

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