Chinese symbol for “ruins”
遗址
yí zhǐ
Traditional: 遺址
ruins; historic relics
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ruins is 遗址 (yí zhǐ), defined as: ruins; historic relics.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ruins”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 废墟 (廢墟) | fèi xū | ruins |
| 墟 | xū | ruins; (literary) village |
| 基址 | jī zhǐ | foundation; footing |
| 残垣 (殘垣) | cán yuán | (literary) ruined walls; ruins |
| 断壁残垣 (斷壁殘垣) | duàn bì cán yuán | (lit.) broken walls and crumbling remnants (idiom); (fig.) scene of devastation; ruins |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 遗址.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遗憾 (遺憾) | yí hàn | regret; to regret |
| 遗产 (遺產) | yí chǎn | heritage; legacy |
| 遗传 (遺傳) | yí chuán | heredity; to inherit (a trait) |
| 遗体 (遺體) | yí tǐ | remains (of a dead person) |
| 遗忘 (遺忘) | yí wàng | to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore |
| 网址 (網址) | wǎng zhǐ | web address; URL |
| 地址 | dì zhǐ | address; 个 (gè) |
| 旧址 (舊址) | jiù zhǐ | former site; old location |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ruins”.
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.