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Chinese symbol for “chemotherapy”

化疗
huà liáo
Traditional: 化療
chemotherapy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for chemotherapy is 化疗 (huà liáo), defined as: chemotherapy.

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

化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes
疗 liáo
cured, healed; to recover
radical 104 ⽧ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “chemotherapy”

WordPinyinMeaning
化学治疗 (化學治療)huà xué zhì liáochemotherapy
化学疗法 (化學療法)huà xué liáo fǎchemotherapy

Related words

Other words that share a character with 化疗.

WordPinyinMeaning
文化wén huàculture; civilization
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
现代化 (現代化)xiàn dài huàmodernization; 个 (gè)
化学 (化學)huà xuéchemistry; chemical
强化 (強化)qiáng huàto strengthen; to intensify
转化 (轉化)zhuǎn huàto change; to turn; to convert; (genetics) to transform
医疗 (醫療)yī liáomedical treatment
治疗 (治療)zhì liáoto treat (an illness); medical treatment

See also: Japanese symbol for “chemotherapy”.

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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