Chinese symbol for “erosion”
磨蚀
mó shí
Traditional: 磨蝕
erosion; abrasion
The closest CC-CEDICT match for erosion is 磨蚀 (mó shí), defined as: erosion; abrasion.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “erosion”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侵蚀作用 (侵蝕作用) | qīn shí zuò yòng | erosion |
| 冲蚀 (沖蝕) | chōng shí | to erode; erosion |
| 风化作用 (風化作用) | fēng huà zuò yòng | weathering (of rocks); erosion (by wind etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 磨蚀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 折磨 | zhé mó | to torment; to torture |
| 琢磨 | zhuó mó | to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work |
| 磨损 (磨損) | mó sǔn | to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out |
| 磨难 (磨難) | mó nàn | a torment; a trial |
| 消磨 | xiāo mó | to wear down; to sap |
| 侵蚀 (侵蝕) | qīn shí | to erode; to corrode |
| 腐蚀 (腐蝕) | fǔ shí | corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically) |
| 腐蚀性 (腐蝕性) | fǔ shí xìng | (lit. and fig.) corrosive; corrosiveness |
See also: Japanese symbol for “erosion”.
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.