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Chinese symbol for “panacea”

万灵丹
wàn líng dān
Traditional: 萬靈丹
panacea; cure-all

The closest CC-CEDICT match for panacea is 万灵丹 (wàn líng dān), defined as: panacea; cure-all.

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

万 wàn
ten thousand; innumerable
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes
灵 líng
spirit, soul; spiritual world
radical 86 ⽕ · 7 strokes
丹 dān
cinnabar, red, vermilion; pellet, powder
radical 3 ⼂ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “panacea”

WordPinyinMeaning
圣药 (聖藥)shèng yàopanacea
良药 (良藥)liáng yàogood medicine; panacea
灵丹妙药 (靈丹妙藥)líng dān miào yàoeffective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems; panacea
万应灵丹 (萬應靈丹)wàn yìng líng dānpanacea
灵药 (靈藥)líng yàolegendary magic potion of immortals; panacea

Related words

Other words that share a character with 万灵丹.

WordPinyinMeaning
万人 (萬人)wàn rénten thousand people; all the people
千万 (千萬)qiān wànten million; countless
百万 (百萬)bǎi wànmillion
万岁 (萬歲)wàn suìLong live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty
万一 (萬一)wàn yījust in case; if by any chance
万名 (萬名)wàn míngall names
灵魂 (靈魂)líng húnsoul; spirit
心灵 (心靈)xīn língbright; smart
苏丹 (蘇丹)sū dān(loanword) sultan

See also: Japanese symbol for “panacea”.

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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