Chinese symbol for “fester”
溃烂
kuì làn
Traditional: 潰爛
to fester; to ulcerate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fester is 溃烂 (kuì làn), defined as: to fester; to ulcerate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “fester”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 化脓 (化膿) | huà nóng | to fester; to suppurate |
| 溃 (潰) | kuì | (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike; (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement) |
| 溃脓 (潰膿) | huì nóng | (of a sore etc) to fester; to ulcerate |
| 㱮 (殨) | huì | to fester; to ulcerate (old variant of 溃 (huì)) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 溃烂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 崩溃 (崩潰) | bēng kuì | to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart |
| 击溃 (擊潰) | jī kuì | to defeat; to smash; to rout |
| 溃疡 (潰瘍) | kuì yáng | ulcer; to ulcerate |
| 溃败 (潰敗) | kuì bài | to be utterly defeated; to be routed |
| 溃散 (潰散) | kuì sàn | (of troops) to be routed and dispersed |
| 灿烂 (燦爛) | càn làn | to glitter; brilliant |
| 腐烂 (腐爛) | fǔ làn | to rot; to putrefy |
| 破烂 (破爛) | pò làn | worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junk |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fester”.
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.