Chinese symbol for “balding”
颓
tuí
Traditional: 頹
to crumble; to collapse; to decline; to decay
The closest CC-CEDICT match for balding is 颓 (tuí), defined as: to crumble; to collapse; to decline; to decay; decadent; dejected.
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
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 颓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 颓废 (頹廢) | tuí fèi | decadent; dispirited |
| 颓势 (頹勢) | tuí shì | decline (in fortune) |
| 颓丧 (頹喪) | tuí sàng | dejected; disheartened |
| 颓败 (頹敗) | tuí bài | to decay; to decline |
| 颓然 (頹然) | tuí rán | decrepit; ruined |
| 倾颓 (傾頹) | qīng tuí | to collapse; to topple |
See also: Japanese symbol for “balding”.
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.