Chinese symbol for “meltdown”
熔毁
róng huǐ
Traditional: 熔毀
meltdown; (of nuclear fuel) to melt down
The closest CC-CEDICT match for meltdown is 熔毁 (róng huǐ), defined as: meltdown; (of nuclear fuel) to melt down.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 熔毁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熔岩 | róng yán | (geology) lava |
| 熔化 | róng huà | to melt (of ice, metals etc) |
| 熔炉 (熔爐) | róng lú | smelting furnace; forge |
| 熔点 (熔點) | róng diǎn | melting point |
| 熔融 | róng róng | to melt; to fuse |
| 熔断 (熔斷) | róng duàn | (of fuse wire) to melt; to blow; (fig.) to halt stock trading |
| 摧毁 (摧毀) | cuī huǐ | to destroy; to wreck |
| 毁灭 (毀滅) | huǐ miè | to perish; to ruin |
See also: Japanese symbol for “meltdown”.
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.