Chinese symbol for “endanger”
危及
wēi jí
to endanger; to jeopardize; a danger (to life, national security etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for endanger is 危及 (wēi jí), defined as: to endanger; to jeopardize; a danger (to life, national security etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “endanger”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 危害 | wēi hài | to harm; to jeopardize; to endanger; harmful effect; damage |
| 危 | wēi | danger; to endanger |
| 蠹害 | dù hài | to harm; to endanger |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 危及.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 危险 (危險) | wēi xiǎn | danger; dangerous |
| 危机 (危機) | wēi jī | crisis |
| 危害 | wēi hài | to harm; to jeopardize; to endanger; harmful effect; damage |
| 危急 | wēi jí | critical; desperate (situation) |
| 安危 | ān wēi | safety and danger; safety |
| 以及 | yǐ jí | and; as well as |
| 及其 | jí qí | (conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...; and their ...; and his ...; and her ... |
| 涉及 | shè jí | to involve; to relate to; to concern; to touch upon |
See also: Japanese symbol for “endanger”.
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.