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Chinese symbol for “impair”

减损
jiǎn sǔn
Traditional: 減損
to impair; to degrade; to decrease; to reduce

The closest CC-CEDICT match for impair is 减损 (jiǎn sǔn), defined as: to impair; to degrade; to decrease; to reduce; to weaken; to detract from.

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

减 jiǎn
to decrease, to subtract, to diminish
radical 15 ⼎ · 11 strokes
损 sǔn
to damage, to harm
radical 64 ⼿ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “impair”

WordPinyinMeaning
损害 (損害)sǔn hàiharm; to damage
削弱xuē ruòto weaken; to impair

Related words

Other words that share a character with 减损.

WordPinyinMeaning
减少 (減少)jiǎn shǎoto lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
减轻 (減輕)jiǎn qīngto lighten; to ease
减肥 (減肥)jiǎn féito lose weight
削减 (削減)xuē jiǎnto cut down; to reduce
减弱 (減弱)jiǎn ruòto weaken; to diminish
缩减 (縮減)suō jiǎnto cut; to reduce
损失 (損失)sǔn shīloss; damage
损害 (損害)sǔn hàiharm; to damage

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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