Chinese symbol for “paddy”
稻
dào
paddy; rice (Oryza sativa)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for paddy is 稻 (dào), defined as: paddy; rice (Oryza sativa).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “paddy”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 稻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水稻 | shuǐ dào | rice; paddy |
| 稻草 | dào cǎo | rice straw |
| 稻田 | dào tián | paddy field; rice paddy |
| 稻米 | dào mǐ | rice (crop) |
| 稻谷 (稻穀) | dào gǔ | unhusked rice; paddy |
| 稻草人 | dào cǎo rén | scarecrow |
See also: Japanese symbol for “paddy”.
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.