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Chinese symbol for “withdrawal”

戒断
jiè duàn
Traditional: 戒斷
to quit (taking drugs, alcohol etc); withdrawal

The closest CC-CEDICT match for withdrawal is 戒断 (jiè duàn), defined as: to quit (taking drugs, alcohol etc); withdrawal.

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

戒 jiè
to warn, to admonish; to swear off, to avoid
radical 62 ⼽ · 7 strokes
断 duàn
to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
radical 69 ⽄ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 戒断.

WordPinyinMeaning
警戒jǐng jièto warn; to alert
戒指jiè zhi(finger) ring
戒严 (戒嚴)jiè yánto impose martial law; to impose emergency measures
戒烟 (戒煙)jiè yānto give up smoking
戒备 (戒備)jiè bèito take precautions; to guard against (emergency)
惩戒 (懲戒)chéng jièto discipline; reprimand
不断 (不斷)bù duànunceasing; uninterrupted
判断 (判斷)pàn duànto judge; to determine; judgment

See also: Japanese symbol for “withdrawal”.

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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