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Chinese symbol for “elimination”

消元
xiāo yuán
elimination (math); to eliminate one variable from equations

The closest CC-CEDICT match for elimination is 消元 (xiāo yuán), defined as: elimination (math); to eliminate one variable from equations.

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

消 xiāo
news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
元 yuán
first; dollar; origin; head
radical 10 ⼉ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 消元.

WordPinyinMeaning
消息xiāo xi(piece of) news; information; message
取消qǔ xiāoto cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
消费 (消費)xiāo fèito consume (goods and services, resources etc)
消失xiāo shīto disappear; to fade away
消费者 (消費者)xiāo fèi zhěconsumer
消灭 (消滅)xiāo mièto put an end to; to annihilate
美元měi yuánAmerican dollar; US dollar
多元duō yuánpoly-; multi-

See also: Japanese symbol for “elimination”.

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.