Chinese symbol for “melt”
销
xiāo
Traditional: 銷
to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell; to expend; to spend
The closest CC-CEDICT match for melt is 销 (xiāo), defined as: to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell; to expend; to spend; pin; bolt; to fasten with a pin or bolt.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “melt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 融化 | róng huà | to melt; to thaw |
| 融 | róng | to melt; to thaw |
| 解冻 (解凍) | jiě dòng | to melt; to thaw |
| 熔化 | róng huà | to melt (of ice, metals etc) |
| 熔融 | róng róng | to melt; to fuse |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 销.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 销售 (銷售) | xiāo shòu | to sell; to market |
| 撤销 (撤銷) | chè xiāo | to cancel; to revoke; to rescind; (computing) to undo |
| 营销 (營銷) | yíng xiāo | marketing |
| 销量 (銷量) | xiāo liàng | sales volume |
| 推销 (推銷) | tuī xiāo | to market; to sell |
| 畅销 (暢銷) | chàng xiāo | to sell well; bestselling; chart-topping |
See also: Japanese symbol for “melt”.
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.