Chinese symbol for “pharmacy”
药店
yào diàn
Traditional: 藥店
pharmacy; drugstore
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pharmacy is 药店 (yào diàn), defined as: pharmacy; drugstore.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pharmacy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 药房 (藥房) | yào fáng | pharmacy; drugstore; dispensary |
| 药学 (藥學) | yào xué | pharmacy (science of preparing medicines) |
| 药局 (藥局) | yào jú | pharmacy; dispensary |
| 药妆店 (藥妝店) | yào zhuāng diàn | drugstore; pharmacy (one that offers health, beauty, and wellness products in addition to medicines – a type of store popular in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong) |
| 医药商店 (醫藥商店) | yī yào shāng diàn | chemist; druggist |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 药店.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 药物 (藥物) | yào wù | medicaments; pharmaceuticals |
| 药品 (藥品) | yào pǐn | medicaments; medicine |
| 医药 (醫藥) | yī yào | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug) |
| 弹药 (彈藥) | dàn yào | ammunition |
| 农药 (農藥) | nóng yào | agricultural chemical; farm chemical |
| 中药 (中藥) | zhōng yào | traditional Chinese medicine; measure word: 服 (fù) |
| 酒店 | jiǔ diàn | wine shop; pub (public house) |
| 商店 | shāng diàn | store; shop; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pharmacy”.
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.