Chinese symbol for “lethal”

致死性

zhì sǐ xìng

lethal; fatal

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lethal is 致死性 (zhì sǐ xìng), defined as: lethal; fatal.

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Characters and stroke order

致 zhì

to send; to present, to deliver; to cause; consequence

radical 133 ⾄ · 9 strokes

死 sǐ

dead; death; impassable, inflexible

radical 78 ⽍ · 6 strokes

性 xìng

sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective

radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 致死性.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
导致 (導致)	dǎo zhì	to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
一致	yī zhì	consistent; unanimous; in agreement; together; in unison
大致	dà zhì	more or less; roughly; approximately
致命	zhì mìng	fatal; mortal
致使	zhì shǐ	to cause; to result in
致力于 (致力於)	zhì lì yú	to devote oneself to; to work toward
死亡	sǐ wáng	to die; death
杀死 (殺死)	shā sǐ	to kill
女性	nǚ xìng	woman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “lethal”.

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.