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Chinese symbol for “cortisol”

皮质醇
pí zhì chún
Traditional: 皮質醇
cortisol

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cortisol is 皮质醇 (pí zhì chún), defined as: cortisol.

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Characters and stroke order

皮 pí
skin, hide, fur, feathers
radical 107 ⽪ · 5 strokes
质 zhì
essence, nature; material, substance
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes
醇 chún
rich, pure, as good as wine
radical 164 ⾣ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 皮质醇.

WordPinyinMeaning
皮肤 (皮膚)pí fūskin; 层 (céng),块 (kuài)
皮革pí géleather; 张 (zhāng)
皮带 (皮帶)pí dàistrap; leather belt
调皮 (調皮)tiáo pínaughty; mischievous
皮鞋pí xiéleather shoes
白皮书 (白皮書)bái pí shūwhite paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation); white book
质量 (質量)zhì liàng(physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence)
物质 (物質)wù zhìmatter; substance
乙醇yǐ chúnethanol; ethyl alcohol

See also: Japanese symbol for “cortisol”.

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.