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獭

tǎ

Character Traditional 獺

What 獭 means

1. otter
2. Taiwan pr. tà

Example sentences

• 獾行进时步伐稳定，身体压得很低、贴近地面；旱獭则尤其在兴奋时会疾奔，身体呈波浪状起伏摆动。
  The badger travels steadily, with its body very low and close to the ground; the marmot, especially when excited, gallops along, with undulatory movements of the body.

Words containing 獭

• 旱獭hàn tǎmarmot
• 树獭shù tǎ(zoology) sloth (rare – the standard term is 树懒
• 水獭shuǐ tǎotter
• 海獭hǎi tǎsea otter

Characters that look like 獭

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 稻dàopaddy; rice (Oryza sativa)
• 糙cāorough; coarse (in texture)
• 濑làiname of a river; rushing of water
• 龌wòdirty; small-minded
• 鳃sāigills of fish
• 鲣jiānbonito

Sounds the same

Read tǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 塔pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆; (loanword) (pastry) tart
• 鳎sole (fish)
• 𨱏technetium (chemistry) (Tw)