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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

颓 tuí
ruined, decayed; depressed; decadent
radical 181 ⾴ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 颓.

WordPinyinMeaning
颓废 (頹廢)tuí fèidecadent; dispirited
颓势 (頹勢)tuí shìdecline (in fortune)
颓丧 (頹喪)tuí sàngdejected; disheartened
颓败 (頹敗)tuí bàito decay; to decline
颓然 (頹然)tuí rándecrepit; ruined
倾颓 (傾頹)qīng tuíto 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.

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