Chinese symbol for “triton”
瘰螈
luǒ yuán
triton
The closest CC-CEDICT match for triton is 瘰螈 (luǒ yuán), defined as: triton.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “triton”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蚖 | yuán | Protura (soil dwelling primitive hexapod); variant of 螈, salamander |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瘰螈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瘰疬 (瘰癧) | luǒ lì | scrofula (in Chinese medicine) |
| 蝾螈 (蠑螈) | róng yuán | salamander; newt |
| 杰利蝾螈 (傑利蠑螈) | jié lì róng yuán | (loanword) gerrymander |
| 大蝾螈 (大蠑螈) | dà róng yuán | Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus) |
| 洞螈 | dòng yuán | olm (Proteus anguinus) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “triton”.
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.