Chinese symbol for “rout”

击溃

jī kuì

Traditional: 擊潰

to defeat; to smash; to rout

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rout is 击溃 (jī kuì), defined as: to defeat; to smash; to rout.

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

击 jī

to strike, to hit, to beat; to attack, to fight

radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes

溃 kuì

a flooding river; a military defeat; to break down, to disperse

radical 85 ⽔ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 击溃.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
攻击 (攻擊)	gōng jī	to attack; to accuse
打击 (打擊)	dǎ jī	to hit; to strike
袭击 (襲擊)	xí jī	attack (esp. surprise attack); raid
冲击 (沖擊)	chōng jī	variant of 冲击 (chōng jī)
射击 (射擊)	shè jī	to shoot; to fire (a gun)
崩溃 (崩潰)	bēng kuì	to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
溃疡 (潰瘍)	kuì yáng	ulcer; to ulcerate
溃败 (潰敗)	kuì bài	to be utterly defeated; to be routed

See also: Japanese symbol for “rout”.

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.