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Chinese symbol for “dispensary”

药房
yào fáng
Traditional: 藥房
pharmacy; drugstore; dispensary

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dispensary is 药房 (yào fáng), defined as: pharmacy; drugstore; dispensary.

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

药 yào
drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes
房 fáng
building, house, room
radical 63 ⼾ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “dispensary”

WordPinyinMeaning
药局 (藥局)yào júpharmacy; dispensary

Related words

Other words that share a character with 药房.

WordPinyinMeaning
药物 (藥物)yào wùmedicaments; pharmaceuticals
药品 (藥品)yào pǐnmedicaments; medicine
医药 (醫藥)yī yàomedical care and medicines; medicine (drug)
弹药 (彈藥)dàn yàoammunition
农药 (農藥)nóng yàoagricultural chemical; farm chemical
中药 (中藥)zhōng yàotraditional Chinese medicine; measure word: 服 (fù)
房子fáng zihouse; building (single- or two-story)
房间 (房間)fáng jiānroom; 间 (jiān)

See also: Japanese symbol for “dispensary”.

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.