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Chinese symbol for “dwarf”

矮人
ǎi rén
dwarf

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dwarf is 矮人 (ǎi rén), defined as: dwarf.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

矮 ǎi
short, low; dwarf
radical 111 ⽮ · 13 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Other Chinese words for “dwarf”

WordPinyinMeaning
倭wōdwarf; Japanese (derog.) (old)
侏zhūdwarf
侏儒zhū rúperson with dwarfism; dwarf
倭人wō réndwarf; (old) (derog.) Japanese person
矮子ǎi zishort person; dwarf

Related words

Other words that share a character with 矮人.

WordPinyinMeaning
矮子ǎi zishort person; dwarf
矮小ǎi xiǎoshort and small; low and small
低矮dī ǎishort; low
白矮星bái ǎi xīngwhite dwarf
矮化ǎi huà(plant pathology) to become stunted; (horticulture) to dwarf; to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc)
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people

See also: Japanese symbol for “dwarf”.

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.

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