Chinese symbol for “cleanse”
冲刷
chōng shuā
Traditional: 沖刷
to cleanse; to scrub; to scour; to wash down
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cleanse is 冲刷 (chōng shuā), defined as: to cleanse; to scrub; to scour; to wash down; to erode; to wash away.
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
Other Chinese words for “cleanse”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 洗脱 (洗脫) | xǐ tuō | to cleanse; to purge |
| 祓 | fú | to cleanse; to remove evil |
| 瀹 | yuè | to cleanse; to boil |
| 洮 | táo | to cleanse; name of a river |
| 洁净 (潔淨) | jié jìng | clean; to cleanse |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冲刷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冲突 (衝突) | chōng tū | conflict; to conflict |
| 冲击 (沖擊) | chōng jī | variant of 冲击 (chōng jī) |
| 冲动 (衝動) | chōng dòng | to have an urge; to be impetuous |
| 脉冲 (脈衝) | mài chōng | pulse (physics) |
| 冲破 (衝破) | chōng pò | breakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly |
| 印刷 | yìn shuā | to print; printing |
| 刷新 | shuā xīn | to renovate; to refurbish |
| 刷卡 | shuā kǎ | to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cleanse”.
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.