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Chinese symbol for “potency”

效价
xiào jià
Traditional: 效價
potency; titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical pathology, defined in terms of potency after dilution by titration); valence (perceived value in psychology); valency

The closest CC-CEDICT match for potency is 效价 (xiào jià), defined as: potency; titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical pathology, defined in terms of potency after dilution by titration); valence (perceived value in psychology); valency.

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

效 xiào
result, effect; effective
radical 66 ⽁ · 10 strokes
价 jià
price, value
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “potency”

WordPinyinMeaning
效价能 (效價能)xiào jià néngpotency; titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical pathology, defined in terms of potency after dilution by titration)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 效价.

WordPinyinMeaning
有效yǒu xiàoeffective; in effect
效果xiào guǒresult; effect
效应 (效應)xiào yìngeffect (scientific phenomenon)
效率xiào lǜefficiency
生效shēng xiào(of a law, contract, agreement, ban etc) to come into force; to go into effect; to become operative
无效 (無效)wú xiàonot valid; ineffective
价值 (價值)jià zhívalue; worth; (ethical, cultural etc) values
价格 (價格)jià géprice

See also: Japanese symbol for “potency”.

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.