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Chinese symbol for “opium”

鸦片
yā piàn
Traditional: 鴉片
(loanword) opium

The closest CC-CEDICT match for opium is 鸦片 (yā piàn), defined as: (loanword) opium.

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

鸦 yā
crow; Corvus species (various)
radical 196 ⿃ · 9 strokes
片 piàn
slice, splinter; page, strip
radical 91 ⽚ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “opium”

WordPinyinMeaning
大烟 (大煙)dà yānopium
阿片ā piàn(loanword) opium
阿芙蓉ā fú róngopium

Related words

Other words that share a character with 鸦片.

WordPinyinMeaning
涂鸦 (塗鴉)tú yāgraffiti; scrawl
乌鸦 (烏鴉)wū yācrow; raven
鸦雀无声 (鴉雀無聲)yā què wú shēnglit. crow and peacock make no sound; absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard
乌鸦嘴 (烏鴉嘴)wū yā zuǐcrow's beak; (fig.) person who makes an inauspicious remark
渡鸦 (渡鴉)dù yā(bird species of China) common raven (Corvus corax)
照片zhào piànphotograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú)
图片 (圖片)tú piànpicture; photograph; 张 (zhāng)
影片yǐng piàna copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie

See also: Japanese symbol for “opium”.

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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