Chinese symbol for “crush”
粉碎
fěn suì
to crush; to smash; to shatter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for crush is 粉碎 (fěn suì), defined as: to crush; to smash; to shatter.
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
Other Chinese words for “crush”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 轧 (軋) | yà | to crush; to knock sb down with a vehicle |
| 压坏 (壓壞) | yā huài | to crush |
| 揉碎 | róu suì | to crush; to crumble into pieces |
| 歼灭 (殲滅) | jiān miè | to wipe out; to crush |
| 碾 | niǎn | stone roller; roller and millstone |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 粉碎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粉丝 (粉絲) | fěn sī | bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles; fan; enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans") |
| 奶粉 | nǎi fěn | powdered milk |
| 粉红色 (粉紅色) | fěn hóng sè | pink |
| 粉红 (粉紅) | fěn hóng | pink |
| 面粉 (麵粉) | miàn fěn | flour |
| 碎片 | suì piàn | chip; fragment; splinter; tatter |
| 破碎 | pò suì | to smash to pieces; to shatter |
| 心碎 | xīn suì | heartbroken; extreme depth of sorrow |
See also: Japanese symbol for “crush”.
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.