Chinese symbol for “rubble”
瓦砾
wǎ lì
Traditional: 瓦礫
rubble; debris
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rubble is 瓦砾 (wǎ lì), defined as: rubble; debris.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rubble”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瓦砾.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瓦解 | wǎ jiě | to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up |
| 瓦斯 | wǎ sī | gas (loanword) |
| 千瓦 | qiān wǎ | kilowatt |
| 瓦特 | wǎ tè | (loanword) watt |
| 兆瓦 | zhào wǎ | megawatt |
| 砾石 (礫石) | lì shí | gravel; pebbles |
| 砂砾 (砂礫) | shā lì | grit |
| 沙砾 (沙礫) | shā lì | grains of sand |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rubble”.
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.