Chinese symbol for “otter”
獭
tǎ
Traditional: 獺
otter; Taiwan pr. [ta4]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for otter is 獭 (tǎ), defined as: otter; Taiwan pr. [ta4].
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “otter”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 獭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水獭 (水獺) | shuǐ tǎ | otter |
| 旱獭 (旱獺) | hàn tǎ | marmot |
| 海獭 (海獺) | hǎi tǎ | sea otter |
| 树獭 (樹獺) | shù tǎ | (zoology) sloth (rare – the standard term is 树懒 (shù lǎn)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “otter”.
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.