Chinese symbol for “downy”
毛茸茸
máo róng róng
hairy; downy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for downy is 毛茸茸 (máo róng róng), defined as: hairy; downy.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “downy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 茸 | róng | (bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine; downy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 毛茸茸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毛病 | máo bìng | fault; defect |
| 毛巾 | máo jīn | towel; 条 (tiáo) |
| 羽毛 | yǔ máo | feather; plumage |
| 毛利 | máo lì | gross profit |
| 羊毛 | yáng máo | wool; fleece |
| 眉毛 | méi mao | eyebrow; measure word: 根 (gēn) |
| 鹿茸 | lù róng | young deer antler prior to ossification (used in TCM) |
| 松茸 | sōng róng | matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan |
| 茸毛 | róng máo | fuzz |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.