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Chinese symbol for “defrost”

除霜
chú shuāng
to defrost; defrosting

The closest CC-CEDICT match for defrost is 除霜 (chú shuāng), defined as: to defrost; defrosting.

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

除 chú
to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
radical 170 ⾩ · 10 strokes
霜 shuāng
frost; frozen, crystallized, candied
radical 173 ⾬ · 17 strokes

Other Chinese words for “defrost”

WordPinyinMeaning
除冰chú bīngto defrost; to get rid of ice
化冻 (化凍)huà dòngto defrost
解冻 (解凍)jiě dòngto melt; to thaw

Related words

Other words that share a character with 除霜.

WordPinyinMeaning
除了chú leapart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他,誰也沒來|除了他,谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody ca
废除 (廢除)fèi chúto abolish; to abrogate
删除 (刪除)shān chúto delete; to cancel
解除jiě chúto remove; to sack
除非chú fēionly if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when
消除xiāo chúto eliminate; to remove
雪上加霜xuě shàng jiā shuāng(idiom) to make matters even worse; to add insult to injury
防晒霜 (防曬霜)fáng shài shuāngsuntan lotion; sunscreen cream

See also: Japanese symbol for “defrost”.

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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