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Chinese symbol for “pharmacology”

药理
yào lǐ
Traditional: 藥理
pharmacology

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pharmacology is 药理 (yào lǐ), defined as: pharmacology.

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Characters and stroke order

药 yào
drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes
理 lǐ
science, reason, logic; to manage
radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “pharmacology”

WordPinyinMeaning
药理学 (藥理學)yào lǐ xuépharmacology
药物学 (藥物學)yào wù xuépharmacology

Related words

Other words that share a character with 药理.

WordPinyinMeaning
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)
弹药 (彈藥)dàn yàoammunition
农药 (農藥)nóng yàoagricultural chemical; farm chemical
中药 (中藥)zhōng yàotraditional Chinese medicine; measure word: 服 (fù)
管理guǎn lǐto supervise; to manage
处理 (處理)chǔ lǐto handle; to deal with; to punish

See also: Japanese symbol for “pharmacology”.

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.