Chinese symbol for “vanish”
幻灭
huàn miè
Traditional: 幻滅
(of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish; to evaporate; (of a person) to become disillusioned; disillusionment
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vanish is 幻灭 (huàn miè), defined as: (of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish; to evaporate; (of a person) to become disillusioned; disillusionment.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “vanish”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泯 | mǐn | (bound form) to vanish; to die out; to obliterate |
| 遁形 | dùn xíng | to vanish; to hide |
| 收敛 (收斂) | shōu liǎn | to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc) |
| 人间蒸发 (人間蒸發) | rén jiān zhēng fā | to vanish; to disappear from the face of the earth |
| 绝 (絕) | jué | to cut short; extinct |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 幻灭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幻想 | huàn xiǎng | to fantasize; to imagine; an illusion; a fantasy |
| 梦幻 (夢幻) | mèng huàn | dream; illusion |
| 幻觉 (幻覺) | huàn jué | illusion; hallucination |
| 科幻 | kē huàn | science fiction; abbr. for 科学幻想 (kē xué huàn xiǎng) |
| 奇幻 | qí huàn | fantasy (fiction) |
| 虚幻 (虛幻) | xū huàn | imaginary; illusory |
| 消灭 (消滅) | xiāo miè | to put an end to; to annihilate |
| 毁灭 (毀滅) | huǐ miè | to perish; to ruin |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vanish”.
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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