Chinese symbol for “alcohol”
醇
chún
alcohol; wine with high alcohol content; rich; pure
The closest CC-CEDICT match for alcohol is 醇 (chún), defined as: alcohol; wine with high alcohol content; rich; pure; good wine; sterols.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “alcohol”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 八加一 | bā jiā yī | (slang) alcohol; liquor (euphemistic substitute for 酒 (jiǔ), from 8+1=9, 九 (jiǔ) being a homophone of 酒 (jiǔ)) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 醇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乙醇 | yǐ chún | ethanol; ethyl alcohol |
| 胆固醇 (膽固醇) | dǎn gù chún | cholesterol |
| 甲醇 | jiǎ chún | methyl alcohol; methanol CH3OH |
| 类固醇 (類固醇) | lèi gù chún | steroid |
| 固醇 | gù chún | sterol (chemistry) |
| 醇厚 | chún hòu | mellow and rich; simple and kind |
See also: Japanese symbol for “alcohol”.
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.