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Chinese symbol for “codeine”

可待因
kě dài yīn
codeine (loanword)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for codeine is 可待因 (kě dài yīn), defined as: codeine (loanword).

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Characters and stroke order

可 kě
may, can, -able; possibly
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
待 dài
to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait
radical 60 ⼻ · 9 strokes
因 yīn
cause, reason; by; because
radical 31 ⼞ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 可待因.

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
等待děng dàito wait; to wait for
对待 (對待)duì dàito treat; treatment
因为 (因為)yīn wèibecause; owing to; on account of

See also: Japanese symbol for “codeine”.

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.