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Chinese symbol for “sandpiper”

鹬
yù
Traditional: 鷸
common snipe; sandpiper

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sandpiper is 鹬 (yù), defined as: common snipe; sandpiper.

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

鹬 yù
snipe, kingfisher
radical 196 ⿃ · 17 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 鹬.

WordPinyinMeaning
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]
鹬鸵 (鷸鴕)yù tuókiwi (bird)
鹮嘴鹬 (䴉嘴鷸)huán zuǐ yù(bird species of China) ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii)
三趾滨鹬 (三趾濱鷸)sān zhǐ bīn yù(bird species of China) sanderling (Calidris alba)
丘鹬 (丘鷸)qiū yù(bird species of China) Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
中杓鹬 (中杓鷸)zhōng sháo yù(bird species of China) Eurasian whimbrel; common whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

See also: Japanese symbol for “sandpiper”.

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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