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Chinese symbol for “corrosive”

腐蚀性
fǔ shí xìng
Traditional: 腐蝕性
(lit. and fig.) corrosive; corrosiveness

The closest CC-CEDICT match for corrosive is 腐蚀性 (fǔ shí xìng), defined as: (lit. and fig.) corrosive; corrosiveness.

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Characters and stroke order

腐 fǔ
to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten
radical 130 ⾁ · 14 strokes
蚀 shí
to nibble at, to erode; an eclipse
radical 142 ⾍ · 9 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “corrosive”

WordPinyinMeaning
腐蚀剂 (腐蝕劑)fǔ shí jìa corrosive (chemical)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 腐蚀性.

WordPinyinMeaning
腐败 (腐敗)fǔ bàicorruption; to corrupt
豆腐dòu futofu; bean curd
贪腐 (貪腐)tān fǔcorruption
腐蚀 (腐蝕)fǔ shícorrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically)
腐朽fǔ xiǔrotten; decayed
腐烂 (腐爛)fǔ lànto rot; to putrefy
侵蚀 (侵蝕)qīn shíto erode; to corrode
锈蚀 (鏽蝕)xiù shíto rust away
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

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.