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Chinese symbol for “analgesic”

镇痛药
zhèn tòng yào
Traditional: 鎮痛藥
analgesic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for analgesic is 镇痛药 (zhèn tòng yào), defined as: analgesic.

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Characters and stroke order

镇 zhèn
calm, composed; to control, to suppress
radical 167 ⾦ · 15 strokes
痛 tòng
ache, pain; bitterness, sorrow; deeply, thoroughly
radical 104 ⽧ · 12 strokes
药 yào
drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “analgesic”

WordPinyinMeaning
止痛剂 (止痛劑)zhǐ tòng jìan analgesic; pain killer
止痛zhǐ tòngto relieve pain; to stop pain
止痛药 (止痛藥)zhǐ tòng yàopainkiller; analgesic
镇痛剂 (鎮痛劑)zhèn tòng jìpainkiller; analgesic
止疼片zhǐ téng piānpainkiller; analgesic

Related words

Other words that share a character with 镇痛药.

WordPinyinMeaning
城镇 (城鎮)chéng zhèntown; cities and towns
镇压 (鎮壓)zhèn yāsuppression; repression
小镇 (小鎮)xiǎo zhènsmall town; village
乡镇 (鄉鎮)xiāng zhèntownships and towns (collective term for the two principal township-level administrative divisions); small towns (general sense)
市镇 (市鎮)shì zhènsmall town
村镇 (村鎮)cūn zhènhamlet (place)
痛苦tòng kǔpain; suffering
疼痛téng tòngpain; (of a body part) to be painful; to be sore; to hurt
药物 (藥物)yào wùmedicaments; pharmaceuticals

See also: Japanese symbol for “analgesic”.

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.