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Chinese symbol for “adrenaline”

肾上腺素
shèn shàng xiàn sù
Traditional: 腎上腺素
adrenaline

The closest CC-CEDICT match for adrenaline is 肾上腺素 (shèn shàng xiàn sù), defined as: adrenaline.

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Characters and stroke order

肾 shèn
kidney
radical 130 ⾁ · 8 strokes
上 shàng
above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes
腺 xiàn
gland
radical 130 ⾁ · 13 strokes
素 sù
plain; white; vegetarian; formerly; normally
radical 120 ⽷ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 肾上腺素.

WordPinyinMeaning
肾脏 (腎臟)shèn zàngkidney
肾上腺 (腎上腺)shèn shàng xiànadrenal glands
肾结石 (腎結石)shèn jié shíkidney stone
肾炎 (腎炎)shèn yánkidney inflammation; nephritis
肾虚 (腎虛)shèn xū(TCM) kidney deficiency
以上yǐ shàngthat level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned
晚上wǎn shangevening; night
身上shēn shangon the body; at hand
乳腺癌rǔ xiàn áibreast cancer
因素yīn sùelement; factor

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.