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Chinese symbol for “myrrh”

没药
mò yào
Traditional: 沒藥
myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for myrrh is 没药 (mò yào), defined as: myrrh (Commiphora myrrha).

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

没 mò
not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
radical 85 ⽔ · 7 strokes
药 yào
drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “myrrh”

WordPinyinMeaning
末药 (末藥)mò yàomyrrh (Commiphora myrrha); also written 没药 (mò yào)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 没药.

WordPinyinMeaning
没有 (沒有)méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't
有没有 (有沒有)yǒu méi yǒu(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?
没什么 (沒什麼)méi shén meit doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
没错 (沒錯)méi cuòthat's right; sure!
没想到 (沒想到)méi xiǎng dàodidn't expect
没事 (沒事)méi shìit's not important; it's nothing
药物 (藥物)yào wùmedicaments; pharmaceuticals
药品 (藥品)yào pǐnmedicaments; medicine

See also: Japanese symbol for “myrrh”.

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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