Chinese symbol for “scrap”
报废
bào fèi
Traditional: 報廢
to scrap; to dispose of (sth worn-out or damaged)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scrap is 报废 (bào fèi), defined as: to scrap; to dispose of (sth worn-out or damaged).
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “scrap”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 边角料 (邊角料) | biān jiǎo liào | scrap; bits and pieces left over |
| 废品 (廢品) | fèi pǐn | production rejects; seconds |
| 零头 (零頭) | líng tóu | odd; scrap |
| 免掉 | miǎn diào | to eliminate; to scrap |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 报废.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 报告 (報告) | bào gào | to inform; to report |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 报纸 (報紙) | bào zhǐ | newspaper; newsprint |
| 日报 (日報) | rì bào | daily newspaper |
| 情报 (情報) | qíng bào | information; intelligence |
| 报导 (報導) | bào dǎo | to report (in the media); (news) report |
| 废除 (廢除) | fèi chú | to abolish; to abrogate |
| 废物 (廢物) | fèi wù | rubbish; waste material; useless person |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scrap”.
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.