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Chinese symbol for “ketamine”

氯胺酮
lǜ àn tóng
ketamine (C13H16ClNO)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ketamine is 氯胺酮 (lǜ àn tóng), defined as: ketamine (C13H16ClNO).

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

氯 lǜ
chlorine
radical 84 ⽓ · 12 strokes
胺 àn
amine
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes
酮 tóng
ketone
radical 164 ⾣ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “ketamine”

WordPinyinMeaning
克他命kè tā mìngketamine (loanword)
氯安酮lǜ ān tóngsee 氯胺酮 (lǜ àn tóng); ketamine

Related words

Other words that share a character with 氯胺酮.

WordPinyinMeaning
氯气 (氯氣)lǜ qìchlorine
氯仿lǜ fǎngchloroform (trichloromethane CHCl3)
聚氯乙烯jù lǜ yǐ xīpolyvinyl chloride (PVC)
氯化钠 (氯化鈉)lǜ huà nàsodium chloride NaCl; common salt
氯化物lǜ huà wùchloride
氯化氢 (氯化氫)lǜ huà qīnghydrogen chloride HCl
三聚氰胺sān jù qíng ànmelamine C3H6N6
多巴胺duō bā àndopamine
丙酮bǐng tóngacetone CH3COCH

See also: Japanese symbol for “ketamine”.

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.