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Chinese symbol for “camphor”

樟脑
zhāng nǎo
Traditional: 樟腦
camphor

The closest CC-CEDICT match for camphor is 樟脑 (zhāng nǎo), defined as: camphor.

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

樟 zhāng
camphor tree
radical 75 ⽊ · 15 strokes
脑 nǎo
brain
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “camphor”

WordPinyinMeaning
莰酮kǎn tóng(chemistry) camphor (C10H16O)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 樟脑.

WordPinyinMeaning
樟树 (樟樹)zhāng shùcamphor tree (Cinnamomum officinarum)
樟木zhāng mùcamphorwood
香樟xiāng zhāngcamphor tree (Cinnamomum officinarum)
樟脑丸 (樟腦丸)zhāng nǎo wánmothball
樟脑球 (樟腦球)zhāng nǎo qiúmothball
电脑 (電腦)diàn nǎocomputer; 台 (tái)
脑袋 (腦袋)nǎo daihead; skull
大脑 (大腦)dà nǎobrain; cerebrum

See also: Japanese symbol for “camphor”.

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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