Chinese symbol for “disabled”
残疾
cán jí
Traditional: 殘疾
disabled; handicapped; deformity on a person or animal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for disabled is 残疾 (cán jí), defined as: disabled; handicapped; deformity on a person or animal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “disabled”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伤残 (傷殘) | shāng cán | disabled; maimed |
| 废 (癈) | fèi | variant of 废 (fèi); disabled |
| 残 (殘) | cán | to destroy; to spoil |
| 痡 | pū | sick; disabled |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 残疾.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 残酷 (殘酷) | cán kù | cruel; harsh; merciless |
| 残忍 (殘忍) | cán rěn | cruel; merciless; ruthless |
| 残疾人 (殘疾人) | cán jí rén | disabled person |
| 残留 (殘留) | cán liú | to remain; to be left over; residual; remnant |
| 残暴 (殘暴) | cán bào | brutal; vicious; ruthless |
| 疾病 | jí bìng | disease; sickness; ailment |
| 疟疾 (瘧疾) | nüè jí | malaria |
| 疾苦 | jí kǔ | pain and difficulties; suffering (of the people) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “disabled”.
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.