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Chinese symbol for “wean”

断奶
duàn nǎi
Traditional: 斷奶
to wean

The closest CC-CEDICT match for wean is 断奶 (duàn nǎi), defined as: to wean.

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Characters and stroke order

断 duàn
to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
radical 69 ⽄ · 11 strokes
奶 nǎi
milk; breasts; nurse, grandmother
radical 38 ⼥ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “wean”

WordPinyinMeaning
断乳 (斷乳)duàn rǔto wean; to be weaned; (TCM) to use medication to stop lactation

Related words

Other words that share a character with 断奶.

WordPinyinMeaning
不断 (不斷)bù duànunceasing; uninterrupted
判断 (判斷)pàn duànto judge; to determine; judgment
垄断 (壟斷)lǒng duànto monopolize
中断 (中斷)zhōng duànto cut short; to break off
诊断 (診斷)zhěn duànto diagnose
切断 (切斷)qiē duànto cut off; to sever
奶奶nǎi nai(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house
牛奶niú nǎicow's milk; measure word: 瓶 (píng), 杯 (bēi)

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.