Chinese symbol for “etch”
蚀刻
shí kè
Traditional: 蝕刻
to etch; engraving
The closest CC-CEDICT match for etch is 蚀刻 (shí kè), defined as: to etch; engraving.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蚀刻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 锈蚀 (鏽蝕) | xiù shí | to rust away |
| 耐腐蚀 (耐腐蝕) | nài fǔ shí | proof against corrosion |
| 日蚀 (日蝕) | rì shí | variant of 日食 (rì shí) |
| 时刻 (時刻) | shí kè | time; juncture |
| 立刻 | lì kè | immediately; at once; right away |
See also: Japanese symbol for “etch”.
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.