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Chinese symbol for “fallout”

余波
yú bō
Traditional: 餘波
aftermath; repercussions; fallout

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fallout is 余波 (yú bō), defined as: aftermath; repercussions; fallout.

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

余 yú
surplus, remainder; surname
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
波 bō
waves, ripples, breakers; undulations
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “fallout”

WordPinyinMeaning
落尘 (落塵)luò chéndust fall; fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc)
降尘 (降塵)jiàng chéndust fall; fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 余波.

WordPinyinMeaning
其余 (其餘)qí yúthe rest; the others
余额 (餘額)yú ébalance (of an account, bill etc); surplus
业余 (業餘)yè yúin one's spare time; outside working hours
剩余 (剩餘)shèng yúto remain; to be left over; what remains; what's left
多余 (多餘)duō yúsuperfluous; unnecessary
余地 (餘地)yú dìmargin; leeway
波动 (波動)bō dòngto undulate; to fluctuate
波音bō yīnmordent (music)

See also: Japanese symbol for “fallout”.

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.

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