shǔ

[oly2006]

what is the simbol for shǔ(rat) in chinese... i'd like to see a simplified big simbol so i'd figure out how it is writen. and i'm interested if this word is a radical for something.

thanks,

[Yuchi]

鼠

[VamosRM]

鼠 is the radical for these characters:

鼢 鼥 鼬 鼯 鼷 鼹

All of them refer to animals look like rats.

For example: "鼯鼠"="flying squirrel", "鼹鼠"="mole"