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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.
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.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 5 bats search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
打撃数 see styles |
dagekisuu / dagekisu だげきすう |
(1) number of blows (used in measuring the bpm of an air hammer, etc.); (2) {baseb} (See 打数) (number of) at bats |
翼手目 see styles |
yokushumoku よくしゅもく |
Chiroptera; animal order comprising the bats |
翼手類 see styles |
yokushurui よくしゅるい |
chiropterans (i.e. bats) |
葉口蝠科 叶口蝠科 see styles |
yè kǒu fú kē ye4 kou3 fu2 ke1 yeh k`ou fu k`o yeh kou fu ko |
(zoology) New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) |
コウモリ目 see styles |
koumorimoku / komorimoku コウモリもく |
Chiroptera; order comprising the bats |
蝙蝠も鳥の内 see styles |
koumorimotorinouchi / komorimotorinochi こうもりもとりのうち |
(expression) (proverb) capable or not, we are all in the same boat; bats are also birds |
蝙蝠も鳥のうち see styles |
koumorimotorinouchi / komorimotorinochi こうもりもとりのうち |
(expression) (proverb) capable or not, we are all in the same boat; bats are also birds |
Variations: |
koumorimotorinouchi / komorimotorinochi こうもりもとりのうち |
(expression) (proverb) capable or not, we are all in the same boat; bats are also birds |
Variations: |
kanfuubatto; kanfuu batto / kanfubatto; kanfu batto カンフーバット; カンフー・バット |
(named after Bruce Lee's use of nunchaku) two small plastic baseball bats connected with a chain (struck against each other during sports chants) (wasei: kungfu bats) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
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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Bat | 蝠 | fú / fu2 / fu | ||
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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