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Chinese symbol for “brittle”

脆
cuì
brittle; fragile; crisp; crunchy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for brittle is 脆 (cuì), defined as: brittle; fragile; crisp; crunchy; clear and loud voice; neat.

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

脆 cuì
fragile, frail; brittle, crisp
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “brittle”

WordPinyinMeaning
易碎yì suìbrittle; fragile
毳cuìcrisp; brittle

Related words

Other words that share a character with 脆.

WordPinyinMeaning
脆弱cuì ruòweak; frail
干脆 (乾脆)gān cuìcandid; direct and to the point
清脆qīng cuìsharp and clear; crisp
脆片cuì piànchip
酥脆sū cuìcrisp (of food)
脆皮cuì pícrispy skin (of food)

See also: Japanese symbol for “brittle”.

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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