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Chinese symbol for “rug”

地毯
dì tǎn
carpet; rug

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rug is 地毯 (dì tǎn), defined as: carpet; rug.

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

地 dì
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a v
radical 32 ⼟ · 6 strokes
毯 tǎn
rug, carpet, blanket
radical 82 ⽑ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “rug”

WordPinyinMeaning
毯tǎnblanket; rug
卡垫 (卡墊)kǎ diàn(Tibetan) rug; mat
毹shūrug

Related words

Other words that share a character with 地毯.

WordPinyinMeaning
地区 (地區)dì qūregion; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
地方dì fāngregion; regional (away from the central administration)
当地 (當地)dāng dìlocal
土地tǔ dìland; soil
毛毯máo tǎnblanket
毯子tǎn ziblanket; 条 (tiáo),张 (zhāng),床 (chuáng),面 (miàn)
红毯 (紅毯)hóng tǎnred carpet
红地毯 (紅地毯)hóng dì tǎnred carpet

See also: Japanese symbol for “rug”.

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.