Chinese symbol for “potato”
土豆
tǔ dòu
potato; (Tw) peanut (颗 (kē))
The closest CC-CEDICT match for potato is 土豆 (tǔ dòu), defined as: potato; (Tw) peanut (颗 (kē)).
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
Other Chinese words for “potato”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马铃薯 (馬鈴薯) | mǎ líng shǔ | potato |
| 薯 | shǔ | potato; yam |
| 洋芋 | yáng yù | (dialect) potato |
| 山药蛋 (山藥蛋) | shān yao dàn | (dialect) potato; (dialect) rube; yokel |
| 山药 (山藥) | shān yao | Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya); (dialect) sweet potato |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 土豆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil |
| 领土 (領土) | lǐng tǔ | territory |
| 本土 | běn tǔ | one's native country; native |
| 土壤 | tǔ rǎng | soil |
| 国土 (國土) | guó tǔ | country's territory; national land |
| 豆腐 | dòu fu | tofu; bean curd |
| 大豆 | dà dòu | soybean |
| 豆瓣 | dòu bàn | cotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea); thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣酱 (dòu bàn jiàng)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “potato”.
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.