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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

报 bào
to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
废 fèi
to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate
radical 53 ⼴ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “scrap”

WordPinyinMeaning
边角料 (邊角料)biān jiǎo liàoscrap; bits and pieces left over
废品 (廢品)fèi pǐnproduction rejects; seconds
零头 (零頭)líng tóuodd; scrap
免掉miǎn diàoto eliminate; to scrap

Related words

Other words that share a character with 报废.

WordPinyinMeaning
报告 (報告)bào gàoto inform; to report
报道 (報道)bào dàoto report (news); report
报纸 (報紙)bào zhǐnewspaper; newsprint
日报 (日報)rì bàodaily newspaper
情报 (情報)qíng bàoinformation; intelligence
报导 (報導)bào dǎoto report (in the media); (news) report
废除 (廢除)fèi chúto abolish; to abrogate
废物 (廢物)fèi wùrubbish; 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.

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