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Chinese symbol for “squamous”

鳞状
lín zhuàng
Traditional: 鱗狀
scaly; squamous

The closest CC-CEDICT match for squamous is 鳞状 (lín zhuàng), defined as: scaly; squamous.

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Characters and stroke order

鳞 lín
fish scales
radical 195 ⿂ · 20 strokes
状 zhuàng
state, condition; shape, appearance, form; certificate
radical 94 ⽝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 鳞状.

WordPinyinMeaning
鳞片 (鱗片)lín piànscale (of fish, reptiles etc)
遍体鳞伤 (遍體鱗傷)biàn tǐ lín shāng(idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue
鱼鳞 (魚鱗)yú línfish scales
鳞甲 (鱗甲)lín jiǎscale; plate of armor
鳞翅目 (鱗翅目)lín chì mùLepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类)
鳞茎 (鱗莖)lín jīng(botany) bulb
状态 (狀態)zhuàng tàicondition; state; state of affairs
状况 (狀況)zhuàng kuàngcondition; state; situation

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.