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Chinese symbol for “scraper”

抹刀
mǒ dāo
scraper; trowel; putty knife

The closest CC-CEDICT match for scraper is 抹刀 (mǒ dāo), defined as: scraper; trowel; putty knife.

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

抹 mǒ
to apply; to erase, to smear, to wipe off
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes
刀 dāo
knife; old coin; measure
radical 18 ⼑ · 2 strokes

Other Chinese words for “scraper”

WordPinyinMeaning
刮勺guā sháoscraper; trowel
刮铲 (刮鏟)guā chǎnscraper
刮刀guā dāospatula; scraper

Related words

Other words that share a character with 抹刀.

WordPinyinMeaning
涂抹 (塗抹)tú mǒto paint; to smear
抹黑mǒ hēito discredit; to defame
抹杀 (抹殺)mǒ shāto erase; to cover traces
抹布mā bùcleaning rag; also pr. [mo3 bu4]
抹煞mǒ shāvariant of 抹杀 (mǒ shā)
拐弯抹角 (拐彎抹角)guǎi wān mò jiǎolit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way
刀子dāo ziknife; measure word: 把 (bǎ)
剪刀jiǎn dāoscissors; measure word: 把 (bǎ)

See also: Japanese symbol for “scraper”.

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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