Chinese symbol for “squirrel”
松鼠
sōng shǔ
squirrel
The closest CC-CEDICT match for squirrel is 松鼠 (sōng shǔ), defined as: squirrel.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 松鼠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 轻松 (輕鬆) | qīng sōng | light; gentle |
| 放松 (放鬆) | fàng sōng | to relax; to slacken; to loosen |
| 宽松 (寬鬆) | kuān sōng | spacious; roomy; uncrowded; (of clothes) loose and comfortable |
| 马拉松 (馬拉松) | mǎ lā sōng | (loanword) marathon |
| 松散 (鬆散) | sōng san | to relax; loose |
| 老鼠 | lǎo shǔ | rat; mouse (只 (zhī)) |
| 鼠标 (鼠標) | shǔ biāo | (computing) mouse |
| 袋鼠 | dài shǔ | kangaroo |
See also: Japanese symbol for “squirrel”.
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.