Chinese symbol for “pica”

异食癖

yì shí pǐ

Traditional: 異食癖

pica (medicine)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pica is 异食癖 (yì shí pǐ), defined as: pica (medicine).

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

异 yì

different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising

radical 55 ⼶ · 6 strokes

食 shí

food; to eat

radical 184 ⾷ · 9 strokes

癖 pǐ

craving, addiction; habit, hobby; indigestion

radical 104 ⽧ · 18 strokes

Traditional forms

異 yì

Related words

Other words that share a character with 异食癖.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
差异 (差異)	chā yì	difference; discrepancy
异常 (異常)	yì cháng	unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
异议 (異議)	yì yì	objection; dissent
怪异 (怪異)	guài yì	monstrous; strange
诡异 (詭異)	guǐ yì	strange; weird
优异 (優異)	yōu yì	exceptional; outstandingly good
食品	shí pǐn	foodstuff; food; provisions
食物	shí wù	food
怪癖	guài pǐ	eccentricity; peculiarity

See also: Japanese symbol for “pica”.

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.