Chinese symbol for “wreckage”
残骸
cán hái
Traditional: 殘骸
remains; wreckage
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wreckage is 残骸 (cán hái), defined as: remains; wreckage.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 残骸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 残酷 (殘酷) | cán kù | cruel; harsh; merciless |
| 残忍 (殘忍) | cán rěn | cruel; merciless; ruthless |
| 残疾 (殘疾) | cán jí | disabled; handicapped |
| 残疾人 (殘疾人) | cán jí rén | disabled person |
| 残留 (殘留) | cán liú | to remain; to be left over; residual; remnant |
| 残暴 (殘暴) | cán bào | brutal; vicious; ruthless |
| 遗骸 (遺骸) | yí hái | (dead) human remains |
| 骸骨 | hái gǔ | skeleton; skeletal remains |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wreckage”.
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.