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Chinese symbol for “nullify”

作废
zuò fèi
Traditional: 作廢
to become invalid; to cancel; to delete; to nullify

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nullify is 作废 (zuò fèi), defined as: to become invalid; to cancel; to delete; to nullify.

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

作 zuò
to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
废 fèi
to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate
radical 53 ⼴ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 作废.

WordPinyinMeaning
工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
作为 (作為)zuò wéione's conduct; deed
合作hé zuòto cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
作品zuò pǐnwork (of art); opus
作用zuò yòngto act on; to affect; action; function; activity
制作 (製作)zhì zuòto make; to manufacture
废除 (廢除)fèi chúto abolish; to abrogate
废物 (廢物)fèi wùrubbish; waste material; useless person

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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