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Chinese symbol for “deprecated”

弃用
qì yòng
Traditional: 棄用
to stop using; to abandon; abandoned; deprecated

The closest CC-CEDICT match for deprecated is 弃用 (qì yòng), defined as: to stop using; to abandon; abandoned; deprecated.

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

弃 qì
to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
radical 55 ⼶ · 7 strokes
用 yòng
to use, to employ, to apply; use
radical 101 ⽤ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 弃用.

WordPinyinMeaning
放弃 (放棄)fàng qìto renounce; to abandon; to give up
抛弃 (拋棄)pāo qìto abandon; to discard
废弃 (廢棄)fèi qìto discard; to abandon (old ways)
丢弃 (丟棄)diū qìto discard; to abandon
遗弃 (遺棄)yí qìto leave; to abandon
舍弃 (捨棄)shě qìto give up; to abandon
使用shǐ yòngto use; to employ
利用lì yòngto exploit; to make use of

See also: Japanese symbol for “deprecated”.

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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