Chinese symbol for “slag”
渣
zhā
slag (in mining or smelting); dregs
The closest CC-CEDICT match for slag is 渣 (zhā), defined as: slag (in mining or smelting); dregs.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “slag”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矿渣 (礦渣) | kuàng zhā | slag (mining) |
| 熔渣 | róng zhā | slag (smelting) |
| 废渣 (廢渣) | fèi zhā | industrial waste product; slag |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 渣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人渣 | rén zhā | dregs of society; scum |
| 残渣 (殘渣) | cán zhā | remainder; filtered out residue |
| 废渣 (廢渣) | fèi zhā | industrial waste product; slag |
| 渣滓 | zhā zǐ | residue; dregs |
| 豆腐渣 | dòu fu zhā | okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu) |
| 矿渣 (礦渣) | kuàng zhā | slag (mining) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “slag”.
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.