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Chinese symbol for “smelt”

冶
yě
to smelt; to cast; seductive in appearance

The closest CC-CEDICT match for smelt is 冶 (yě), defined as: to smelt; to cast; seductive in appearance.

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

冶 yě
to smelt, to fuse metals, to cast
radical 15 ⼎ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “smelt”

WordPinyinMeaning
镕 (鎔)róngto smelt; to fuse
熔róngto smelt; to fuse
熔炼 (熔煉)róng liànto smelt
炼 (煉)liànto refine; to smelt
烊yángmolten; smelt

Related words

Other words that share a character with 冶.

WordPinyinMeaning
冶金yě jīnmetallurgy
冶炼 (冶煉)yě liànto smelt metal
陶冶táo yělit. to fire pots and smelt metal; fig. to educate
冶金学 (冶金學)yě jīn xuémetallurgy
妖冶yāo yěpretty and flirtatious
冶铸 (冶鑄)yě zhùto smelt and cast

See also: Japanese symbol for “smelt”.

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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