Chinese symbol for “addiction”
瘾
yǐn
Traditional: 癮
addiction; craving
The closest CC-CEDICT match for addiction is 瘾 (yǐn), defined as: addiction; craving.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “addiction”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嗜好 | shì hào | hobby; indulgence; habit; addiction |
| 成瘾 (成癮) | chéng yǐn | to be addicted; addiction |
| 痼癖 | gù pǐ | addiction |
| 瘾头 (癮頭) | yǐn tóu | craving; addiction |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瘾.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上瘾 (上癮) | shàng yǐn | to get into a habit; to become addicted |
| 过瘾 (過癮) | guò yǐn | to satisfy a craving; to get a kick out of sth |
| 成瘾 (成癮) | chéng yǐn | to be addicted; addiction |
| 瘾君子 (癮君子) | yǐn jūn zǐ | addict (esp. a heavy smoker or drug addict, often jocular or disparaging) |
| 毒瘾 (毒癮) | dú yǐn | drug addiction |
| 网瘾 (網癮) | wǎng yǐn | Internet addiction; net addiction |
See also: Japanese symbol for “addiction”.
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.