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Chinese symbol for “stubble”

茬
chá
stubble (crop residue); stubble (hair growth); classifier for a batch of sth produced during a particular cycle: a crop; sth just said or mentioned

The closest CC-CEDICT match for stubble is 茬 (chá), defined as: stubble (crop residue); stubble (hair growth); classifier for a batch of sth produced during a particular cycle: a crop; sth just said or mentioned.

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

茬 chá
opportunity; farmland after the harvest
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “stubble”

WordPinyinMeaning
茬子chá zistubble
残株 (殘株)cán zhūstubble
根茬gēn chástubble
残茎 (殘莖)cán jīngstubble (the stems of plants after harvest)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 茬.

WordPinyinMeaning
找茬zhǎo cháto pick fault with; to spot the differences
话茬 (話茬)huà chátone of voice; topic
胡茬 (鬍茬)hú chábeard stubble
茬子chá zistubble
接茬jiē chá(coll.) to respond; to offer a comment; to jump into the conversation
茬口chá kǒuharvested land left for rotation; an opportunity

See also: Japanese symbol for “stubble”.

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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