Chinese symbol for “dissipate”
消散
xiāo sàn
to dissipate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dissipate is 消散 (xiāo sàn), defined as: to dissipate.
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
Other Chinese words for “dissipate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 涣 (渙) | huàn | to dissipate; to dissolve |
| 耗散 | hào sàn | to dissipate; to squander |
| 飞散 (飛散) | fēi sàn | (of smoke) to disperse; to dissipate; (of birds) to fly away in all directions |
| 逸散 | yì sàn | (of gas, liquid, toxins, heat etc) to escape; to dissipate |
| 散逸 | sàn yì | to disperse and escape; to dissipate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 消散.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 消息 | xiāo xi | (piece of) news; information; message |
| 取消 | qǔ xiāo | to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind |
| 消费 (消費) | xiāo fèi | to consume (goods and services, resources etc) |
| 消失 | xiāo shī | to disappear; to fade away |
| 消费者 (消費者) | xiāo fèi zhě | consumer |
| 消灭 (消滅) | xiāo miè | to put an end to; to annihilate |
| 扩散 (擴散) | kuò sàn | to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse |
| 分散 | fēn sàn | to scatter; to disperse |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dissipate”.
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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