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Chinese symbol for “invalidate”

废弃
fèi qì
Traditional: 廢棄
to discard; to abandon (old ways); to invalidate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for invalidate is 废弃 (fèi qì), defined as: to discard; to abandon (old ways); to invalidate.

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

废 fèi
to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate
radical 53 ⼴ · 8 strokes
弃 qì
to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
radical 55 ⼶ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 废弃.

WordPinyinMeaning
废除 (廢除)fèi chúto abolish; to abrogate
废物 (廢物)fèi wùrubbish; waste material; useless person
废止 (廢止)fèi zhǐto repeal (a law); to put an end to
废话 (廢話)fèi huànonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
废墟 (廢墟)fèi xūruins
放弃 (放棄)fàng qìto renounce; to abandon; to give up
抛弃 (拋棄)pāo qìto abandon; to discard
丢弃 (丟棄)diū qìto discard; to abandon

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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