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Chinese symbol for “preservative”

防腐剂
fáng fǔ jì
Traditional: 防腐劑
preservative; antiseptic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for preservative is 防腐剂 (fáng fǔ jì), defined as: preservative; antiseptic.

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

防 fáng
to protect, to defend, to guard against
radical 170 ⾩ · 7 strokes
腐 fǔ
to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten
radical 130 ⾁ · 14 strokes
剂 jì
dose; medicine; measure word for medicines
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 防腐剂.

WordPinyinMeaning
防止fáng zhǐto prevent; to guard against
预防 (預防)yù fángto prevent; to take precautions against
国防 (國防)guó fángnational defense
防御 (防禦)fáng yùdefense; to defend
防治fáng zhìto prevent and cure; prevention and cure
防范 (防範)fáng fànto be on guard; wariness
腐败 (腐敗)fǔ bàicorruption; to corrupt
豆腐dòu futofu; bean curd
剂量 (劑量)jì liàngdosage; prescribed dose of medicine

See also: Japanese symbol for “preservative”.

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.

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