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Chinese symbol for “turkey”

火鸡
huǒ jī
Traditional: 火雞
turkey

The closest CC-CEDICT match for turkey is 火鸡 (huǒ jī), defined as: turkey.

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

火 huǒ
fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
radical 86 ⽕ · 4 strokes
鸡 jī
chicken
radical 196 ⿃ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “turkey”

WordPinyinMeaning
吐绶鸡 (吐綬雞)tǔ shòu jīturkey
鹝 (鷊)yìpheasant; turkey

Related words

Other words that share a character with 火鸡.

WordPinyinMeaning
火车 (火車)huǒ chētrain; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng)
火箭huǒ jiànrocket; measure word: 枚 (méi)
火车站 (火車站)huǒ chē zhàntrain station
火灾 (火災)huǒ zāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
火山huǒ shānvolcano
大火dà huǒconflagration; large fire; 场 (cháng)
鸡巴 (雞巴)jī badick; penis (vulgar)
鸡蛋 (雞蛋)jī dàn(chicken) egg; hen's egg

See also: Japanese symbol for “turkey”.

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.