Chinese symbol for “corrosion”
腐蚀
fǔ shí
Traditional: 腐蝕
corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically); to rot; corruption
The closest CC-CEDICT match for corrosion is 腐蚀 (fǔ shí), defined as: corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically); to rot; corruption.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “corrosion”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 溶蚀 (溶蝕) | róng shí | dissolving; erosion by groundwater |
| 溶蚀作用 (溶蝕作用) | róng shí zuò yòng | dissolving; erosion by groundwater |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 腐蚀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腐败 (腐敗) | fǔ bài | corruption; to corrupt |
| 豆腐 | dòu fu | tofu; bean curd |
| 贪腐 (貪腐) | tān fǔ | corruption |
| 腐朽 | fǔ xiǔ | rotten; decayed |
| 腐烂 (腐爛) | fǔ làn | to rot; to putrefy |
| 侵蚀 (侵蝕) | qīn shí | to erode; to corrode |
| 腐蚀性 (腐蝕性) | fǔ shí xìng | (lit. and fig.) corrosive; corrosiveness |
| 锈蚀 (鏽蝕) | xiù shí | to rust away |
See also: Japanese symbol for “corrosion”.
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.