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Chinese symbol for “tails”

燕尾服
yàn wěi fú
swallow-tailed coat; tails

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tails is 燕尾服 (yàn wěi fú), defined as: swallow-tailed coat; tails.

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

燕 yàn
lovebird, swallow
radical 86 ⽕ · 16 strokes
尾 wěi
tail; extremity, end; back, rear
radical 44 ⼫ · 7 strokes
服 fú
clothes; to dress, to wear; to take medicine
radical 74 ⽉ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 燕尾服.

WordPinyinMeaning
燕子yàn ziswallow
燕麦 (燕麥)yàn màioats
燕窝 (燕窩)yàn wōedible bird's nest
雨燕yǔ yànswift; Apodidae (the swift family)
燕麦片 (燕麥片)yàn mài piànrolled oats
尾巴wěi batail; colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]
结尾 (結尾)jié wěiending; coda
尾声 (尾聲)wěi shēngcoda; epilogue
服务 (服務)fú wùto serve; service

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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