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Chinese symbol for “carcinogen”

致癌物
zhì ái wù
carcinogen

The closest CC-CEDICT match for carcinogen is 致癌物 (zhì ái wù), defined as: carcinogen.

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

致 zhì
to send; to present, to deliver; to cause; consequence
radical 133 ⾄ · 9 strokes
癌 ái
cancer, carcinoma
radical 104 ⽧ · 17 strokes
物 wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “carcinogen”

WordPinyinMeaning
致癌物质 (致癌物質)zhì ái wù zhìcarcinogen; cancer causing substance

Related words

Other words that share a character with 致癌物.

WordPinyinMeaning
导致 (導致)dǎo zhìto lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
一致yī zhìconsistent; unanimous; in agreement; together; in unison
大致dà zhìmore or less; roughly; approximately
致命zhì mìngfatal; mortal
致使zhì shǐto cause; to result in
致力于 (致力於)zhì lì yúto devote oneself to; to work toward
癌症ái zhèngcancer
乳腺癌rǔ xiàn áibreast cancer
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “carcinogen”.

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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