Chinese symbol for “endgame”
残局
cán jú
Traditional: 殘局
endgame (in chess); desperate situation; aftermath (of a failure)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for endgame is 残局 (cán jú), defined as: endgame (in chess); desperate situation; aftermath (of a failure).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “endgame”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 残局.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 残酷 (殘酷) | cán kù | cruel; harsh; merciless |
| 残忍 (殘忍) | cán rěn | cruel; merciless; ruthless |
| 残疾 (殘疾) | cán jí | disabled; handicapped |
| 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 |
| 当局 (當局) | dāng jú | authorities |
| 局长 (局長) | jú zhǎng | bureau chief; measure word: 位 (wèi), 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “endgame”.
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.