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獭

獺
tǎ
noun #47,650

Measure Word

一只水獭 zhī

Meanings

  1. 1 otter

Characters

獭
tǎ
otter

Examples

HSK 3
水獭生活在水边，很会游泳。
Shuǐtǎ shēnghuó zài shuǐbiān, hěn huì yóuyǒng.
Otters live by the water and are excellent swimmers.
HSK 7-9
海獭喜欢仰躺着进食。
Hǎitǎ xǐhuan yǎng tǎng zhe jìnshí.
Sea otters like to float on their backs while eating.

Tips

culture
Seen in 水獭 (river otter) and 海獭 (sea otter). The phrase 獭祭, from the idea that otters lay out their fish like offerings, mocks writing that piles up quotations and references.

Components

radical
犭 fǎnquǎnpáng
beast; animal
The side beast radical 犭 (a left form of 犬, dog) marks this as a four-legged mammal, here the otter.
phonetic
赖 lài
to rely on
赖 (to rely on) sits on the right as the sound element, its reading shifted to tǎ. It contributes only the pronunciation here.

Stroke Order

獭 tǎ