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蝠 is the simplest way to write bat in Chinese and old Korean Hanja.
This also means bat in Japanese but is almost never written alone like this (it's often part of other titles for vampire bats or fruit bats).
In Chinese culture, the bat is a good luck charm, as the pronunciation is very similar to the word for “good luck” or “good fortune.” The character for bat (蝠) even looks like the good luck (福) character.
紅五蝠 is a play on words in Chinese because of some homophones.
The first thing you need to know is that the word for bat, 蝠, sounds exactly like the word for good fortune, 福. Thus, bats are often associated with good luck and good fortune in Chinese culture.
Five bats (五福 / 五蝠) means “five fortunes,” referring to luck, prosperity, wealth, happiness, and longevity.
The word red, 红, has the same sound as 宏 meaning vast, great, or magnificent. Therefore, a red bat means “vast fortune.”
Altogether, five red bats represent vast reaches of the five fortunes.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Bat search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
蝠 see styles |
fú fu2 fu |
More info & calligraphy: Bat |
打 see styles |
dǎ da3 ta da だ |
to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from (n,ctr) {sports} hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.); batting; stroke To beat, strike, make, do; used for many kinds of such action. |
板 see styles |
bǎn ban3 pan ita いた |
board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious (1) board; plank; (2) sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab; (3) (See 俎板・1) cutting board; chopping board; (4) (abbreviation) (usu. as 板さん) (See 板前・1,板場・いたば・2) chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; (5) stage (i.e. at a theatre); (personal name) Ban A board; a board struck for calling e. g. to meals. |
蝙 see styles |
biān bian1 pien hen |
used in 蝙蝠[bian1 fu2] The bat. |
劈頭 劈头 see styles |
pī tóu pi1 tou2 p`i t`ou pi tou hekitou / hekito へきとう |
straight away; right off the bat; right on the head; right in the face beginning; outset; opening; start |
天鼠 see styles |
tenso てんそ |
(archaism) (See こうもり・1) bat (animal) |
快音 see styles |
kaion かいおん |
pleasant sound; pleasing sound; crack (of a baseball bat); (pleasant) roar (of an engine); (female given name) Kaine |
打席 see styles |
dǎ xí da3 xi2 ta hsi daseki だせき |
(baseball) plate appearance (PA) {baseb} batter's box; one's turn at bat |
打感 see styles |
dakan だかん |
{sports} feel of a club, bat or racket when hitting a ball |
打数 see styles |
dasuu / dasu だすう |
{baseb} times at bat |
打球 see styles |
dǎ qiú da3 qiu2 ta ch`iu ta chiu dakyuu / dakyu だきゅう |
to play ball; to play with a ball {sports} hitting (a ball with a bat, racket, golf club, etc.); batting; batted ball; struck ball |
擊球 击球 see styles |
jī qiú ji1 qiu2 chi ch`iu chi chiu |
to bat; to hit a ball (sport) |
油虫 see styles |
aburamushi あぶらむし |
(1) (kana only) aphid; plant louse; (2) (ksb:) cockroach; (3) (obscure) Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); (4) hanger-on; parasite; (5) (archaism) visitor to a red-light district who's only there to look |
狐蝠 see styles |
hú fú hu2 fu2 hu fu |
flying fox; fruit bat (genus Pteropus) |
球棍 see styles |
qiú gùn qiu2 gun4 ch`iu kun chiu kun |
(sport) club; bat |
球棒 see styles |
qiú bàng qiu2 bang4 ch`iu pang chiu pang |
(baseball or cricket) bat; hockey stick |
糞婆 see styles |
kusobabaa / kusobaba くそばばあ |
(kana only) (derogatory term) old woman; old bat |
蝙蝠 see styles |
biān fú bian1 fu2 pien fu koumori; kawahori(ok); henpuku(ok); koumori / komori; kawahori(ok); henpuku(ok); komori こうもり; かわほり(ok); へんぷく(ok); コウモリ |
(zoology) bat (1) (kana only) bat (Chiroptera spp.); (2) (abbreviation) (See 蝙蝠傘) umbrella; (3) (derogatory term) opportunist; turncoat; (place-name) Kōmori |
飛鼠 飞鼠 see styles |
fēi shǔ fei1 shu3 fei shu hiso ひそ |
flying squirrel; (dialect) bat (rare) (See こうもり・1) bat (animal) |
鳥鼠 鸟鼠 see styles |
niǎo shǔ niao3 shu3 niao shu tone とね |
(surname) Tone a bat |
兎蝙蝠 see styles |
usagikoumori; usagikoumori / usagikomori; usagikomori うさぎこうもり; ウサギコウモリ |
(kana only) brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus); common long-eared bat; brown big-eared bat |
右打ち see styles |
migiuchi みぎうち |
(1) (See 左打ち・1) hitting right-handed (with a racket, bat, etc.); (2) {baseb} (See 左打ち・2) hitting to right (field) |
大ぶり see styles |
ooburi おおぶり |
(adj-na,adj-no) (1) somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; (noun/participle) (2) large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke |
大振り see styles |
ooburi おおぶり |
(adj-na,adj-no) (1) somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; (noun/participle) (2) large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke |
大耳狐 see styles |
oomimigitsune; oomimigitsune おおみみぎつね; オオミミギツネ |
(kana only) bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis) |
大蝙蝠 see styles |
ookoumori; ookoumori / ookomori; ookomori おおこうもり; オオコウモリ |
(kana only) fruit bat (Pteropodidae spp.); flying fox; megabat |
家蝙蝠 see styles |
iekoumori; iekoumori / iekomori; iekomori いえこうもり; イエコウモリ |
(kana only) (See 油蝙蝠) Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus) |
小ぶり see styles |
koburi こぶり |
(adj-na,adj-no) (1) smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; undersized; small size; (noun/participle) (2) short swing of a bat, racquet, etc. |
小振り see styles |
koburi こぶり |
(adj-na,adj-no) (1) smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; undersized; small size; (noun/participle) (2) short swing of a bat, racquet, etc. |
屡叩く see styles |
shibadataku しばだたく shibatataku しばたたく |
(transitive verb) to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Bat | 蝠 | fú / fu2 / fu | ||
Five Red Bats | 紅五蝠 红五蝠 | hóng wǔ fú hong2 wu3 fu2 hong wu fu hongwufu | hung wu fu hungwufu |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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