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Chinese symbol for “drugstore”

药妆店
yào zhuāng diàn
Traditional: 藥妝店
drugstore; pharmacy (one that offers health, beauty, and wellness products in addition to medicines – a type of store popular in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for drugstore is 药妆店 (yào zhuāng diàn), defined as: drugstore; pharmacy (one that offers health, beauty, and wellness products in addition to medicines – a type of store popular in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong).

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
妆 zhuāng
adornment, make-up; to dress up, to use make-up
radical 38 ⼥ · 6 strokes
店 diàn
shop, store; inn, hotel
radical 53 ⼴ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “drugstore”

WordPinyinMeaning
药店 (藥店)yào diànpharmacy; drugstore
药房 (藥房)yào fángpharmacy; drugstore; dispensary

Related words

Other words that share a character with 药妆店.

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)
化妆品 (化妝品)huà zhuāng pǐncosmetic; makeup product
化妆 (化妝)huà zhuāngto put on makeup
酒店jiǔ diànwine shop; pub (public house)

See also: Japanese symbol for “drugstore”.

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.

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