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Chinese symbol for “annealing”

退火
tuì huǒ
annealing (metallurgy)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for annealing is 退火 (tuì huǒ), defined as: annealing (metallurgy).

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

退 tuì
to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes
火 huǒ
fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
radical 86 ⽕ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 退火.

WordPinyinMeaning
退出tuì chūto withdraw; to abort
退休tuì xiūto retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
撤退chè tuìto retreat
衰退shuāi tuìto decline; to fall
倒退dào tuìto fall back; to go in reverse
退役tuì yì(of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
火车 (火車)huǒ chētrain; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng)
火箭huǒ jiànrocket; measure word: 枚 (méi)

See also: Japanese symbol for “annealing”.

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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