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Chinese symbol for “abolish”

废除
fèi chú
Traditional: 廢除
to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal

The closest CC-CEDICT match for abolish is 废除 (fèi chú), defined as: to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal.

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

废 fèi
to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate
radical 53 ⼴ · 8 strokes
除 chú
to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
radical 170 ⾩ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “abolish”

WordPinyinMeaning
废 (廢)fèito abolish; to abandon
铲除 (剷除)chǎn chúto root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish
革除gé chúto eliminate; to expel

Related words

Other words that share a character with 废除.

WordPinyinMeaning
废物 (廢物)fèi wùrubbish; waste material; useless person
废弃 (廢棄)fèi qìto discard; to abandon (old ways)
废止 (廢止)fèi zhǐto repeal (a law); to put an end to
废话 (廢話)fèi huànonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
废墟 (廢墟)fèi xūruins
除了chú leapart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他,誰也沒來|除了他,谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody ca
删除 (刪除)shān chúto delete; to cancel
解除jiě chúto remove; to sack

See also: Japanese symbol for “abolish”.

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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