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Chinese symbol for “undersized”

矮小
ǎi xiǎo
short and small; low and small; undersized

The closest CC-CEDICT match for undersized is 矮小 (ǎi xiǎo), defined as: short and small; low and small; undersized.

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

矮 ǎi
short, low; dwarf
radical 111 ⽮ · 13 strokes
小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 矮小.

WordPinyinMeaning
矮子ǎi zishort person; dwarf
矮人ǎi réndwarf
低矮dī ǎishort; low
白矮星bái ǎi xīngwhite dwarf
矮化ǎi huà(plant pathology) to become stunted; (horticulture) to dwarf; to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc)
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school

See also: Japanese symbol for “undersized”.

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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