Chinese symbol for “dose”

用量

yòng liàng

quantity used; usage; consumption; dose

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dose is 用量 (yòng liàng), defined as: quantity used; usage; consumption; dose.

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Characters and stroke order

用 yòng

to use, to employ, to apply; use

radical 101 ⽤ · 5 strokes

量 liàng

measure, volume; amount, quantity

radical 166 ⾥ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 用量.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
使用	shǐ yòng	to use; to employ
利用	lì yòng	to exploit; to make use of
用户 (用戶)	yòng hù	user; consumer
采用 (採用)	cǎi yòng	to adopt; to employ
应用 (應用)	yìng yòng	to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc)
作用	zuò yòng	to act on; to affect; action; function; activity
力量	lì liang	power; force; strength
大量	dà liàng	great amount; large quantity

See also: Japanese symbol for “dose”.

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.