Chinese symbol for “demise”
崩
bēng
to collapse; to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor; demise
The closest CC-CEDICT match for demise is 崩 (bēng), defined as: to collapse; to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor; demise.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “demise”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 崩.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 崩溃 (崩潰) | bēng kuì | to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart |
| 崩塌 | bēng tā | talus slide; to crumble (of scree slope) |
| 崩坏 (崩壞) | bēng huài | crash; breakdown (of social values etc) |
| 崩盘 (崩盤) | bēng pán | (finance) to crash; to collapse |
| 驾崩 (駕崩) | jià bēng | (of an emperor) to pass away |
| 雪崩 | xuě bēng | avalanche |
See also: Japanese symbol for “demise”.
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.