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Chinese symbol for “plummet”

骤减
zhòu jiǎn
Traditional: 驟減
to decrease rapidly; to plummet

The closest CC-CEDICT match for plummet is 骤减 (zhòu jiǎn), defined as: to decrease rapidly; to plummet.

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

骤 zhòu
procedure; sudden, abrupt; to gallop
radical 187 ⾺ · 17 strokes
减 jiǎn
to decrease, to subtract, to diminish
radical 15 ⼎ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “plummet”

WordPinyinMeaning
重挫zhòng cuòdevastating setback; slump (in stock market etc)
骤降 (驟降)zhòu jiàngto fall rapidly; to plummet
消沉xiāo chénto sink into despondency; (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet

Related words

Other words that share a character with 骤减.

WordPinyinMeaning
步骤 (步驟)bù zhòuprocedure; step
骤然 (驟然)zhòu ránsuddenly; abruptly
骤降 (驟降)zhòu jiàngto fall rapidly; to plummet
骤雨 (驟雨)zhòu yǔsudden downpour; brief heavy rain
骤变 (驟變)zhòu biànto change suddenly; to change abruptly
减少 (減少)jiǎn shǎoto lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
减轻 (減輕)jiǎn qīngto lighten; to ease
减肥 (減肥)jiǎn féito lose weight

See also: Japanese symbol for “plummet”.

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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