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Chinese symbol for “anorexia”

厌食
yàn shí
Traditional: 厭食
anorexia

The closest CC-CEDICT match for anorexia is 厌食 (yàn shí), defined as: anorexia.

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

厌 yàn
to dislike, to detest; to reject; to satiate
radical 27 ⼚ · 6 strokes
食 shí
food; to eat
radical 184 ⾷ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “anorexia”

WordPinyinMeaning
厌食症 (厭食症)yàn shí zhènganorexia

Related words

Other words that share a character with 厌食.

WordPinyinMeaning
讨厌 (討厭)tǎo yànto dislike; to loathe; annoying; troublesome
厌恶 (厭惡)yàn wùto loathe; to hate
厌倦 (厭倦)yàn juànto be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with
厌烦 (厭煩)yàn fánbored; fed up with sth; sick of sth
讨人厌 (討人厭)tǎo rén yànhorrid
贪得无厌 (貪得無厭)tān dé wú yànavaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
食品shí pǐnfoodstuff; food; provisions
食物shí wùfood

See also: Japanese symbol for “anorexia”.

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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