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Chinese symbol for “marmot”

旱獭
hàn tǎ
Traditional: 旱獺
marmot

The closest CC-CEDICT match for marmot is 旱獭 (hàn tǎ), defined as: marmot.

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

旱 hàn
dry; drought; desert
radical 72 ⽇ · 7 strokes
獭 tǎ
otter
radical 94 ⽝ · 16 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “marmot”

WordPinyinMeaning
土拨鼠 (土撥鼠)tǔ bō shǔ(zoology) marmot (in the US, esp. groundhog or woodchuck)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 旱獭.

WordPinyinMeaning
干旱 (乾旱)gān hàndrought; (of land, climate etc) arid; dry
旱灾 (旱災)hàn zāidrought
抗旱kàng hàndrought-resistant; to weather a drought
旱季hàn jìdry season
旱情hàn qíngdrought conditions
水獭 (水獺)shuǐ tǎotter
海獭 (海獺)hǎi tǎsea otter
树獭 (樹獺)shù tǎ(zoology) sloth (rare – the standard term is 树懒 (shù lǎn))

See also: Japanese symbol for “marmot”.

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.