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Chinese symbol for “norepinephrine”

去甲肾上腺素
qù jiǎ shèn shàng xiàn sù
Traditional: 去甲腎上腺素
(biochemistry) norepinephrine; noradrenaline

The closest CC-CEDICT match for norepinephrine is 去甲肾上腺素 (qù jiǎ shèn shàng xiàn sù), defined as: (biochemistry) norepinephrine; noradrenaline.

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

去 qù
to go away, to leave, to depart
radical 28 ⼛ · 5 strokes
甲 jiǎ
armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem
radical 102 ⽥ · 5 strokes
肾 shèn
kidney
radical 130 ⾁ · 8 strokes
上 shàng
above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes
腺 xiàn
gland
radical 130 ⾁ · 13 strokes
素 sù
plain; white; vegetarian; formerly; normally
radical 120 ⽷ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 去甲肾上腺素.

WordPinyinMeaning
过去 (過去)guò qù(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
失去shī qùto lose
去年qù niánlast year
下去xià qùto go down; to descend
出去chū qùto go out
装甲 (裝甲)zhuāng jiǎvehicle armor
指甲zhǐ jiafingernail
甲板jiǎ bǎndeck (of a ship or boat)
肾脏 (腎臟)shèn zàngkidney
以上yǐ shàngthat level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned
乳腺癌rǔ xiàn áibreast cancer
因素yīn sùelement; factor

See also: Japanese symbol for “norepinephrine”.

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.