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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].

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

獭 tǎ
otter
radical 94 ⽝ · 16 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “otter”

WordPinyinMeaning
水獭 (水獺)shuǐ tǎotter

Related words

Other words that share a character with 獭.

WordPinyinMeaning
水獭 (水獺)shuǐ tǎotter
旱獭 (旱獺)hàn tǎmarmot
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 “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.

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