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Chinese symbol for “seconds”

废品
fèi pǐn
Traditional: 廢品
production rejects; seconds; scrap; discarded material

The closest CC-CEDICT match for seconds is 废品 (fèi pǐn), defined as: production rejects; seconds; scrap; discarded material.

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

废 fèi
to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate
radical 53 ⼴ · 8 strokes
品 pǐn
article, good, product; commodity; quality, character
radical 30 ⼝ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “seconds”

WordPinyinMeaning
次品cì pǐnsubstandard products; defective

Related words

Other words that share a character with 废品.

WordPinyinMeaning
废除 (廢除)fèi chúto abolish; to abrogate
废物 (廢物)fèi wùrubbish; waste material; useless person
废弃 (廢棄)fèi qìto discard; to abandon (old ways)
废止 (廢止)fèi zhǐto repeal (a law); to put an end to
废话 (廢話)fèi huànonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
废墟 (廢墟)fèi xūruins
产品 (產品)chǎn pǐngoods; merchandise
作品zuò pǐnwork (of art); opus

See also: Japanese symbol for “seconds”.

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.