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Chinese symbol for “pesticide”

农药
nóng yào
Traditional: 農藥
agricultural chemical; farm chemical; pesticide

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pesticide is 农药 (nóng yào), defined as: agricultural chemical; farm chemical; pesticide.

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Characters and stroke order

农 nóng
agriculture, farming; farmer
radical 14 ⼍ · 6 strokes
药 yào
drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “pesticide”

WordPinyinMeaning
杀虫剂 (殺蟲劑)shā chóng jìinsecticide; pesticide

Related words

Other words that share a character with 农药.

WordPinyinMeaning
农业 (農業)nóng yèagriculture; farming
农民 (農民)nóng mínpeasant; farmer
农村 (農村)nóng cūnrural area; village
农场 (農場)nóng chǎngfarm
农产品 (農產品)nóng chǎn pǐnagricultural produce
药物 (藥物)yào wùmedicaments; pharmaceuticals
药品 (藥品)yào pǐnmedicaments; medicine
医药 (醫藥)yī yàomedical care and medicines; medicine (drug)

See also: Japanese symbol for “pesticide”.

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.