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Chinese symbol for “insulin”

胰岛素
yí dǎo sù
Traditional: 胰島素
insulin

The closest CC-CEDICT match for insulin is 胰岛素 (yí dǎo sù), defined as: insulin.

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

胰 yí
pancreas; soap
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes
岛 dǎo
island
radical 46 ⼭ · 7 strokes
素 sù
plain; white; vegetarian; formerly; normally
radical 120 ⽷ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 胰岛素.

WordPinyinMeaning
胰腺yí xiànpancreas
胰脏 (胰臟)yí zàngpancreas
胰岛 (胰島)yí dǎo(anatomy) pancreatic islets; islets of Langerhans
胰腺炎yí xiàn yánpancreatitis
胰液yí yèpancreatic fluid
岛屿 (島嶼)dǎo yǔisland
半岛 (半島)bàn dǎopeninsula
群岛 (群島)qún dǎogroup of islands; archipelago
因素yīn sùelement; factor

See also: Japanese symbol for “insulin”.

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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