Chinese symbol for “atrophy”
痿
wěi
atrophy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for atrophy is 痿 (wěi), defined as: atrophy.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “atrophy”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 痿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阳痿 (陽痿) | yáng wěi | (medicine) impotence |
See also: Japanese symbol for “atrophy”.
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.