Chinese symbol for “uninstall”

卸载

xiè zài

Traditional: 卸載

to unload cargo; to uninstall (software)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for uninstall is 卸载 (xiè zài), defined as: to unload cargo; to uninstall (software).

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Characters and stroke order

卸 xiè

to unload; to lay down; to resign

radical 26 ⼙ · 9 strokes

载 zài

load; to carry, to convey, to transport

radical 159 ⾞ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

載 zài

Related words

Other words that share a character with 卸载.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
卸任	xiè rèn	to leave office
装卸 (裝卸)	zhuāng xiè	to load or unload; to transfer
卸下	xiè xià	to remove (a knapsack, harness, makeup etc); (fig.) to lay aside (a burden, responsibility, anxiety etc)
拆卸	chāi xiè	to dismantle; to take apart
推卸	tuī xiè	to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck
下载 (下載)	xià zǎi	to download; also pr. [xia4zai4]
记载 (記載)	jì zǎi	to write down; to record
转载 (轉載)	zhuǎn zǎi	to forward (a shipment); to reprint sth published elsewhere

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.