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Chinese symbol for “glycerol”

甘油
gān yóu
glycerine; glycerol

The closest CC-CEDICT match for glycerol is 甘油 (gān yóu), defined as: glycerine; glycerol.

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

甘 gān
sweet, tasty; willing
radical 99 ⽢ · 5 strokes
油 yóu
oil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 甘油.

WordPinyinMeaning
甘蔗gān zhesugar cane; 节 (jié)
甘心gān xīnto be willing to; to resign oneself to
甘愿 (甘願)gān yuànwillingly
心甘情愿 (心甘情願)xīn gān qíng yuàndelighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do
不甘bù gānunreconciled to; not resigned to
甘草gān cǎolicorice root
石油shí yóuoil; petroleum
加油jiā yóuto add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas

See also: Japanese symbol for “glycerol”.

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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