Chinese symbol for “raze”
铲平
chǎn píng
Traditional: 剷平
to level the ground (with a hoe, shovel etc); to raze (a building, forest etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for raze is 铲平 (chǎn píng), defined as: to level the ground (with a hoe, shovel etc); to raze (a building, forest etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “raze”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夷 | yí | non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 铲平.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铲除 (剷除) | chǎn chú | to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish |
| 铲子 (鏟子) | chǎn zi | shovel; spade; trowel; spatula (kitchen utensil); measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 铲车 (鏟車) | chǎn chē | front loader (vehicle); 台 (tái) |
| 铲球 (鏟球) | chǎn qiú | (soccer) to do a sliding tackle |
| 锅铲 (鍋鏟) | guō chǎn | wok spatula; cooking spatula |
| 平台 (平臺) | píng tái | platform; terrace |
| 和平 | hé píng | peace; peaceful |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “raze”.
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.