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Chinese symbol for “cripple”

削弱
xuē ruò
to weaken; to impair; to cripple

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cripple is 削弱 (xuē ruò), defined as: to weaken; to impair; to cripple.

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

削 xuē
to pare, to scrape, to trim
radical 18 ⼑ · 9 strokes
弱 ruò
weak, fragile, delicate
radical 57 ⼸ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “cripple”

WordPinyinMeaning
蹇jiǎnlame; cripple
跛子bǒ zilame person; cripple
瘸腿qué tuǐcrippled; lame
铩 (鎩)shā(old) spear; lance; (literary) to cripple; to harm; to injure

Related words

Other words that share a character with 削弱.

WordPinyinMeaning
剥削 (剝削)bō xuēto exploit; exploitation
削减 (削減)xuē jiǎnto cut down; to reduce
切削qiē xiāoto cut; cutting
瘦削shòu xuēslim
刀削面 (刀削麵)dāo xiāo miànknife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty
脆弱cuì ruòweak; frail
弱点 (弱點)ruò diǎnweak point; failing
减弱 (減弱)jiǎn ruòto weaken; to diminish

See also: Japanese symbol for “cripple”.

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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