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Chinese symbol for “anhydrous”

无水
wú shuǐ
Traditional: 無水
anhydrous (chemistry); waterless; dehydrated

The closest CC-CEDICT match for anhydrous is 无水 (wú shuǐ), defined as: anhydrous (chemistry); waterless; dehydrated.

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

无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 无水.

WordPinyinMeaning
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
无论 (無論)wú lùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
毫无 (毫無)háo wúnot in the least; to completely lack
无限 (無限)wú xiànunlimited; unbounded; infinite
无关 (無關)wú guānunrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
无数 (無數)wú shùcountless; numberless
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
水果shuǐ guǒfruit

See also: Japanese symbol for “anhydrous”.

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.