King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “blight”

枯萎病
kū wěi bìng
blight

The closest CC-CEDICT match for blight is 枯萎病 (kū wěi bìng), defined as: blight.

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

枯 kū
dried out, withered, decayed
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes
萎 wěi
to wither, to wilt
radical 140 ⾋ · 12 strokes
病 bìng
sickness, illness, disease
radical 104 ⽧ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “blight”

WordPinyinMeaning
疫病yì bìngplague; a blight

Related words

Other words that share a character with 枯萎病.

WordPinyinMeaning
枯竭kū jiéused up; dried up
枯燥kū zàodry and dull; uninteresting; tedious
枯萎kū wěito wilt; to wither
干枯 (乾枯)gān kūwithered; shriveled; dried-up
枯死kū sǐ(of a plant) to wither and die; withered and dead
枯木kū mùdead tree
萎缩 (萎縮)wěi suōto wither; to dry up (of a plant)
萎靡wěi mǐlistless; dispirited; lacking in vigor; languishing
病毒bìng dúvirus

See also: Japanese symbol for “blight”.

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.