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Chinese symbol for “creatine”

肌酸
jī suān
creatine

The closest CC-CEDICT match for creatine is 肌酸 (jī suān), defined as: creatine.

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

肌 jī
flesh, skin; muscle, tissue; meat on bones
radical 130 ⾁ · 6 strokes
酸 suān
tart, sour; spoiled; acid
radical 164 ⾣ · 14 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 肌酸.

WordPinyinMeaning
肌肉jī ròumuscle; flesh
肌肤 (肌膚)jī fūskin; flesh
腹肌fù jīabdominal muscle
心肌xīn jīmyocardium
肌肉男jī ròu nánmuscular man; muscleman
肌体 (肌體)jī tǐthe body; organism (usually human)
氨基酸ān jī suānamino acid
酸性suān xìngacidity

See also: Japanese symbol for “creatine”.

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.