Chinese symbol for “midget”
袖珍人
xiù zhēn rén
little person; midget; dwarf
The closest CC-CEDICT match for midget is 袖珍人 (xiù zhēn rén), defined as: little person; midget; dwarf.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 袖珍人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 领袖 (領袖) | lǐng xiù | leader |
| 袖子 | xiù zi | sleeve |
| 袖手旁观 (袖手旁觀) | xiù shǒu páng guān | to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger |
| 长袖 (長袖) | cháng xiù | long sleeves; long-sleeved shirt |
| 袖珍 | xiù zhēn | pocket-sized; pocket (book etc) |
| 短袖 | duǎn xiù | short sleeves; short-sleeved shirt |
| 珍贵 (珍貴) | zhēn guì | precious |
| 珍惜 | zhēn xī | to treasure; to value |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “midget”.
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.