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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.

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

熔 róng
mold; to fuse, to melt, to smelt
radical 86 ⽕ · 14 strokes
毁 huǐ
to damage, to ruin; to defame, to slander
radical 79 ⽎ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 熔毁.

WordPinyinMeaning
熔岩róng yán(geology) lava
熔化róng huàto melt (of ice, metals etc)
熔炉 (熔爐)róng lúsmelting furnace; forge
熔点 (熔點)róng diǎnmelting point
熔融róng róngto 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 huǐto destroy; to wreck
毁灭 (毀滅)huǐ mièto 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.

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