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Chinese symbol for “inhibitor”

抑制剂
yì zhì jì
Traditional: 抑制劑
suppressant; inhibitor

The closest CC-CEDICT match for inhibitor is 抑制剂 (yì zhì jì), defined as: suppressant; inhibitor.

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Characters and stroke order

抑 yì
to curb, to hinder; to keep down, to repress
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
制 zhì
system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes
剂 jì
dose; medicine; measure word for medicines
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 抑制剂.

WordPinyinMeaning
抑制yì zhìto inhibit; to keep down
压抑 (壓抑)yā yìto constrain or repress emotions; oppressive
抑郁 (抑鬱)yì yùdepressed; despondent; gloomy
抑或yì huòor; could it be that...?
抑郁症 (抑鬱症)yì yù zhèngclinical depression
控制kòng zhìto control
制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution
限制xiàn zhìto restrict; to limit
剂量 (劑量)jì liàngdosage; prescribed dose of medicine

See also: Japanese symbol for “inhibitor”.

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.