蝠 in Chinese / Japanese...

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Bat

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fú

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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.

Five Red Bats

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hóng wǔ fú

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.

Batman

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biān fú xiá

蝙蝠俠 is the Chinese title for Batman, the comic book superhero.

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
蝠 see styles	fú fu2 fu	More info & calligraphy: Bat (bound form) bat
蝙蝠俠蝙蝠侠 see styles	biān fú xiá bian1 fu2 xia2 pien fu hsia	More info & calligraphy: Batman Batman, comic book superhero
小蝠 see styles	kofuku こふく	小蝠 Custom Scroll (given name) Kofuku
狐蝠 see styles	hú fú hu2 fu2 hu fu	狐蝠 Custom Scroll flying fox; fruit bat (genus Pteropus)
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
蝠丸 see styles	fukumaru ふくまる	蝠丸 Custom Scroll (given name) Fukumaru
蝠螫 see styles	fú zhē fu2 zhe1 fu che fukuseki	蝠螫 Custom Scroll vipers and scorpions
蝠鱝蝠鲼 see styles	fú fèn fu2 fen4 fu fen	蝠鱝 Custom Scroll manta ray (genus Mobula)
兎蝙蝠 see styles	usagikoumori; usagikoumori / usagikomori; usagikomori うさぎこうもり; ウサギコウモリ	兎蝙蝠 Custom Scroll (kana only) brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus); common long-eared bat; brown big-eared bat
大蝙蝠 see styles	ookoumori; ookoumori / ookomori; ookomori おおこうもり; オオコウモリ	大蝙蝠 Custom Scroll (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	家蝙蝠 Custom Scroll (kana only) (See 油蝙蝠) Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus)
油蝙蝠 see styles	aburakoumori; aburakoumori / aburakomori; aburakomori あぶらこうもり; アブラコウモリ	油蝙蝠 Custom Scroll (kana only) Japanese pipistrelle (Pipistrellus abramus); Japanese house bat
葉鼻蝠叶鼻蝠 see styles	yè bí fú ye4 bi2 fu2 yeh pi fu	葉鼻蝠 Custom Scroll leaf-nosed bat
蝙蝠傘 see styles	koumorigasa / komorigasa こうもりがさ	蝙蝠傘 Custom Scroll (Western-style) umbrella
蝙蝠僧 see styles	biān fú sēng bian1 fu2 seng1 pien fu seng henpuku sō	蝙蝠僧 Custom Scroll A bat monk, v. 鳥.
蝙蝠岩 see styles	koumoriiwa / komoriwa こうもりいわ	蝙蝠岩 Custom Scroll (personal name) Kōmoriiwa
蝙蝠岳 see styles	koumoridake / komoridake こうもりだけ	蝙蝠岳 Custom Scroll (personal name) Kōmoridake
蝙蝠峠 see styles	koumoritouge / komoritoge こうもりとうげ	蝙蝠峠 Custom Scroll (personal name) Kōmoritōge
蝙蝠穴 see styles	koumoriana / komoriana こうもりあな	蝙蝠穴 Custom Scroll (place-name) Kōmoriana
蝙蝠蛾 see styles	koumoriga; koumoriga / komoriga; komoriga こうもりが; コウモリガ	蝙蝠蛾 Custom Scroll (kana only) swift moth (Hepialidae spp., esp. Endoclita excrescens)
蝙蝠谷 see styles	koumoridani / komoridani こうもりだに	蝙蝠谷 Custom Scroll (place-name) Kōmoridani
蝙蝠鼻 see styles	koumoribana / komoribana こうもりばな	蝙蝠鼻 Custom Scroll (personal name) Kōmoribana
蟹蝙蝠 see styles	kanikoumori; kanikoumori / kanikomori; kanikomori かにこうもり; カニコウモリ	蟹蝙蝠 Custom Scroll (kana only) Parasenecio adenostyloides (species of daisy)
鄙蝙蝠 see styles	hinakoumori / hinakomori ひなこうもり	鄙蝙蝠 Custom Scroll (kana only) vesper bat (Vespertilionidae spp., esp. the Asian particolored bat, Vespertilio sinensis); evening bat; common bat
雛蝙蝠 see styles	hinakoumori / hinakomori ひなこうもり	雛蝙蝠 Custom Scroll (kana only) vesper bat (Vespertilionidae spp., esp. the Asian particolored bat, Vespertilio sinensis); evening bat; common bat
吸血蝙蝠 see styles	kyuuketsukoumori / kyuketsukomori きゅうけつこうもり	吸血蝙蝠 Custom Scroll vampire bat
天狗蝙蝠 see styles	tengukoumori; tengukoumori / tengukomori; tengukomori てんぐこうもり; テングコウモリ	天狗蝙蝠 Custom Scroll (kana only) Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat (Murina hilgendorfi)
小山蝙蝠 see styles	koyamakoumori; koyamakoumori / koyamakomori; koyamakomori こやまこうもり; コヤマコウモリ	小山蝙蝠 Custom Scroll (kana only) Japanese noctule (Nyctalus furvus)
神楽蝙蝠 see styles	kagurakoumori; kagurakoumori / kagurakomori; kagurakomori かぐらこうもり; カグラコウモリ	神楽蝙蝠 Custom Scroll (kana only) lesser great leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros turpis); lesser roundleaf bat; lesser leaf-nosed bat
秩父蝙蝠 see styles	chichibukoumori; chichibukoumori / chichibukomori; chichibukomori ちちぶこうもり; チチブコウモリ	秩父蝙蝠 Custom Scroll (kana only) Asian barbastelle (Barbastella leucomelas); eastern barbastelle

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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
Batman	蝙蝠俠蝙蝠侠		biān fú xiá bian1 fu2 xia2 bian fu xia bianfuxia	pien fu hsia pienfuhsia
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.