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Chinese symbol for “marijuana”

大麻
dà má
hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis; marijuana

The closest CC-CEDICT match for marijuana is 大麻 (dà má), defined as: hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis; marijuana.

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

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
麻 má
hemp, flax, sesame; numb
radical 200 ⿇ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “marijuana”

WordPinyinMeaning
叶子 (葉子)yè zileaf (CL:片 (piàn)); (slang) marijuana

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大麻.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
麻烦 (麻煩)má fantrouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
麻将 (麻將)má jiàngmahjong; measure word: 局 (jú), 副 (fù)

See also: Japanese symbol for “marijuana”.

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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