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Chinese symbol for “cocaine”

可卡因
kě kǎ yīn
cocaine (loanword)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cocaine is 可卡因 (kě kǎ yīn), defined as: cocaine (loanword).

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

可 kě
may, can, -able; possibly
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
卡 kǎ
card, punch card; calorie
radical 25 ⼘ · 5 strokes
因 yīn
cause, reason; by; because
radical 31 ⼞ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “cocaine”

WordPinyinMeaning
古柯碱 (古柯鹼)gǔ kē jiǎn(loanword) cocaine

Related words

Other words that share a character with 可卡因.

WordPinyinMeaning
可以kě yǐcan; may
可能kě néngmight (happen); possible
可是kě shìbut; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
不可bù kěcannot; should not; must not
可怕kě pàawful; dreadful
可爱 (可愛)kě àiadorable; cute
信用卡xìn yòng kǎcredit card
卡拉kǎ lākaraoke; (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried
因为 (因為)yīn wèibecause; owing to; on account of

See also: Japanese symbol for “cocaine”.

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.