Hedgehog in Chinese (Mandarin): 刺猬 (cìwei)
刺猬
cìwei
hedgehog
- Simplified
- 刺猬
- Traditional
- 刺蝟
- Pinyin
- cìwei
- Typed as
- ciwei
Use it in a sentence
刺猬缩成了一个球。
刺蝟縮成了一個球。
The hedgehog curls up into a ball.
The characters in 刺猬
刺
A thorn, a spine. 刂 (knife) is on the right.
8 strokes
猬 / 蝟
Hedgehog. 犭 (animal) is on the left.
12 strokes
刺猬 is the "spiny animal". The second syllable is said lightly, cìwei. When it is scared it rolls into a ball.
More examples with 刺猬
刺猬身上有很多刺。
刺蝟身上有很多刺。
Cìwei shēn shang yǒu hěn duō cì.
A hedgehog has lots of spines on its body.
刺猬晚上出来找虫子吃。
刺蝟晚上出來找蟲子吃。
Cìwei wǎnshang chūlái zhǎo chóngzi chī.
Hedgehogs come out at night to look for bugs to eat.
How to write 刺猬 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
刺 8 strokes
猬 12 strokes
In Traditional characters:
蝟 15 strokes
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