Chinese symbol for “decaying”
衰朽
shuāi xiǔ
decaying; decrepit; aged and crumbling
The closest CC-CEDICT match for decaying is 衰朽 (shuāi xiǔ), defined as: decaying; decrepit; aged and crumbling.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “decaying”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 糜烂 (糜爛) | mí làn | dissipated; rotten |
| 颓朽 (頹朽) | tuí xiǔ | decaying; rotten |
| 靡烂 (靡爛) | mí làn | rotting; decaying |
| 腐旧 (腐舊) | fǔ jiù | outmoded; decadent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 衰朽.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 衰退 | shuāi tuì | to decline; to fall |
| 衰落 | shuāi luò | to fall; to drop |
| 衰败 (衰敗) | shuāi bài | to decline; to wane |
| 衰老 | shuāi lǎo | to age; to deteriorate with age |
| 衰竭 | shuāi jié | (of an organ or bodily function) failure; to fail; (of resources etc) exhaustion; depletion |
| 兴衰 (興衰) | xīng shuāi | prosperity and decline (of a kingdom); rise and fall |
| 腐朽 | fǔ xiǔ | rotten; decayed |
| 不朽 | bù xiǔ | to last forever; eternal; enduring |
See also: Japanese symbol for “decaying”.
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.