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Chinese symbol for “necrosis”

坏死
huài sǐ
Traditional: 壞死
necrosis

The closest CC-CEDICT match for necrosis is 坏死 (huài sǐ), defined as: necrosis.

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

坏 huài
bad, rotten, spoiled; to break down
radical 32 ⼟ · 7 strokes
死 sǐ
dead; death; impassable, inflexible
radical 78 ⽍ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 坏死.

WordPinyinMeaning
破坏 (破壞)pò huàidestruction; damage
坏人 (壞人)huài rénbad person; villain
坏事 (壞事)huài shìbad thing; misdeed; to ruin things
损坏 (損壞)sǔn huàito damage; to injure
好坏 (好壞)hǎo huàigood or bad; good and bad
吓坏 (嚇壞)xià huàito be terrified; to terrify sb
死亡sǐ wángto die; death
杀死 (殺死)shā sǐto kill

See also: Japanese symbol for “necrosis”.

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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