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Chinese symbol for “ebb”

减退
jiǎn tuì
Traditional: 減退
to ebb; to go down; to decline

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ebb is 减退 (jiǎn tuì), defined as: to ebb; to go down; to decline.

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

减 jiǎn
to decrease, to subtract, to diminish
radical 15 ⼎ · 11 strokes
退 tuì
to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 减退.

WordPinyinMeaning
减少 (減少)jiǎn shǎoto lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
减轻 (減輕)jiǎn qīngto lighten; to ease
减肥 (減肥)jiǎn féito lose weight
削减 (削減)xuē jiǎnto cut down; to reduce
减弱 (減弱)jiǎn ruòto weaken; to diminish
缩减 (縮減)suō jiǎnto cut; to reduce
退出tuì chūto withdraw; to abort
退休tuì xiūto retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement

See also: Japanese symbol for “ebb”.

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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