Chinese symbol for “swarm”
蜂拥
fēng yōng
Traditional: 蜂擁
to swarm; to flock; to throng
The closest CC-CEDICT match for swarm is 蜂拥 (fēng yōng), defined as: to swarm; to flock; to throng.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “swarm”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜂起 | fēng qǐ | to swarm; to rise in masses |
| 蜂涌 (蜂湧) | fēng yǒng | to swarm; to flock |
| 云集 (雲集) | yún jí | to gather (in a crowd); to converge |
| 翃 | hóng | to swarm (of insects) |
| 拥 (擁) | yōng | to hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蜂拥.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜂蜜 | fēng mì | honey |
| 蜜蜂 | mì fēng | bee; honeybee |
| 蜂窝 (蜂窩) | fēng wō | honeycomb; beehive |
| 黄蜂 (黃蜂) | huáng fēng | wasp |
| 蜂巢 | fēng cháo | honeycomb; beehive |
| 拥有 (擁有) | yōng yǒu | to have; to possess; to own |
| 拥抱 (擁抱) | yōng bào | to embrace; to hug |
| 拥护 (擁護) | yōng hù | to endorse; to support |
See also: Japanese symbol for “swarm”.
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.