Chinese symbol for “weasel”
鼬鼠
yòu shǔ
weasel
The closest CC-CEDICT match for weasel is 鼬鼠 (yòu shǔ), defined as: weasel.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “weasel”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伶鼬 | líng yòu | weasel; Mustela nivalis (zoology) |
| 青鼬 | qīng yòu | weasel; Martes flavigula (zoology) |
| 鼬 | yòu | (zoology) weasel |
| 鼪 | shēng | stoat; weasel |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鼬鼠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 臭鼬 | chòu yòu | skunk |
| 黄鼬 (黃鼬) | huáng yòu | Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica) |
| 鼬獾 | yòu huān | ferret badger |
| 伶鼬 | líng yòu | weasel; Mustela nivalis (zoology) |
| 艾鼬 | ài yòu | steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii) |
| 老鼠 | lǎo shǔ | rat; mouse (只 (zhī)) |
| 鼠标 (鼠標) | shǔ biāo | (computing) mouse |
| 松鼠 | sōng shǔ | squirrel |
See also: Japanese symbol for “weasel”.
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.