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Chinese symbol for “anesthetic”

麻药
má yào
Traditional: 麻藥
anesthetic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for anesthetic is 麻药 (má yào), defined as: anesthetic.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

麻 má
hemp, flax, sesame; numb
radical 200 ⿇ · 11 strokes
药 yào
drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “anesthetic”

WordPinyinMeaning
麻醉药 (麻醉藥)má zuì yàoanesthetic; narcotic
麻醉剂 (麻醉劑)má zuì jìan anesthetic; (fig.) a narcotic
蒙药 (蒙藥)méng yàoanesthetic; narcotic; knockout drops

Related words

Other words that share a character with 麻药.

WordPinyinMeaning
麻烦 (麻煩)má fantrouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
大麻dà máhemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis
麻将 (麻將)má jiàngmahjong; measure word: 局 (jú), 副 (fù)
麻醉má zuìanesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality)
麻木má mùnumb; insensitive
麻雀má quèsparrow; (dialect) mahjong
药物 (藥物)yào wùmedicaments; pharmaceuticals
药品 (藥品)yào pǐnmedicaments; medicine

See also: Japanese symbol for “anesthetic”.

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.

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