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Chinese symbol for “osteoporosis”

骨质疏松症
gǔ zhì shū sōng zhèng
Traditional: 骨質疏鬆症
osteoporosis

The closest CC-CEDICT match for osteoporosis is 骨质疏松症 (gǔ zhì shū sōng zhèng), defined as: osteoporosis.

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

骨 gǔ
bone; skeleton; frame, framework
radical 188 ⾻ · 10 strokes
质 zhì
essence, nature; material, substance
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes
疏 shū
to neglect; to dredge, to clear away; lax, careless
radical 103 ⽦ · 12 strokes
松 sōng
pine tree; fir tree
radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes
症 zhèng
ailment, disease, illness
radical 104 ⽧ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “osteoporosis”

WordPinyinMeaning
骨质疏松 (骨質疏鬆)gǔ zhì shū sōngosteoporosis

Related words

Other words that share a character with 骨质疏松症.

WordPinyinMeaning
骨头 (骨頭)gǔ toubone; measure word: 根 (gēn), 块 (kuài)
骨干 (骨幹)gǔ gàndiaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone
骨折gǔ zhéto suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break
骨骼gǔ gébones; skeleton
头骨 (頭骨)tóu gǔskull
骨灰gǔ huībone ash; cremation ashes; cremains
质量 (質量)zhì liàng(physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence)
物质 (物質)wù zhìmatter; substance
疏散shū sǎnidle; leisurely; laid-back; Taiwan pr. [shu1san4]
轻松 (輕鬆)qīng sōnglight; gentle
症状 (症狀)zhèng zhuàngsymptom (of an illness)

See also: Japanese symbol for “osteoporosis”.

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.