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Chinese symbol for “crisis”

危机
wēi jī
Traditional: 危機
crisis

The closest CC-CEDICT match for crisis is 危机 (wēi jī), defined as: crisis.

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

危 wēi
dangerous, precarious; high
radical 26 ⼙ · 6 strokes
机 jī
desk; machine; moment, opportunity
radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “crisis”

WordPinyinMeaning
风波 (風波)fēng bōdisturbance; crisis
难关 (難關)nán guāndifficulty; crisis
急难 (急難)jí nànmisfortune; crisis

Related words

Other words that share a character with 危机.

WordPinyinMeaning
危险 (危險)wēi xiǎndanger; dangerous
危害wēi hàito harm; to jeopardize; to endanger; harmful effect; damage
危及wēi jíto endanger; to jeopardize
危急wēi jícritical; desperate (situation)
安危ān wēisafety and danger; safety
机构 (機構)jī gòumechanism; structure
机会 (機會)jī huìopportunity; chance
手机 (手機)shǒu jīcell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái)

See also: Japanese symbol for “crisis”.

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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