Chinese symbol for “balm”

清凉油

qīng liáng yóu

Traditional: 清涼油

soothing ointment; balm

The closest CC-CEDICT match for balm is 清凉油 (qīng liáng yóu), defined as: soothing ointment; balm.

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Characters and stroke order

清 qīng

clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful

radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes

凉 liáng

cool, cold; disheartened

radical 15 ⼎ · 10 strokes

油 yóu

oil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints

radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

涼 liáng

Related words

Other words that share a character with 清凉油.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
清楚	qīng chu	clear; distinct
清理	qīng lǐ	to clear up; to tidy up
清晰	qīng xī	clear; distinct
高清	gāo qīng	high definition (television etc); high fidelity (audio)
清洁 (清潔)	qīng jié	clean; to clean
清醒	qīng xǐng	clear-headed; sober
凉爽 (涼爽)	liáng shuǎng	cool and refreshing
清凉 (清涼)	qīng liáng	cool; refreshing
石油	shí yóu	oil; petroleum

See also: Japanese symbol for “balm”.

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.