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Chinese symbol for “scarecrow”

稻草人
dào cǎo rén
scarecrow

The closest CC-CEDICT match for scarecrow is 稻草人 (dào cǎo rén), defined as: scarecrow.

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

稻 dào
rice plant; rice growing in the field
radical 115 ⽲ · 15 strokes
草 cǎo
grass, herbs; straw, thatch
radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 稻草人.

WordPinyinMeaning
水稻shuǐ dàorice; paddy
稻草dào cǎorice straw
稻田dào tiánpaddy field; rice paddy
稻米dào mǐrice (crop)
稻谷 (稻穀)dào gǔunhusked rice; paddy
草案cǎo àndraft (legislation, proposal etc)
草原cǎo yuángrassland; prairie
烟草 (煙草)yān cǎotobacco
人民rén mínthe people

See also: Japanese symbol for “scarecrow”.

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.