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Chinese symbol for “prophylactic”

预防性
yù fáng xìng
Traditional: 預防性
prophylactic; preventative; protective

The closest CC-CEDICT match for prophylactic is 预防性 (yù fáng xìng), defined as: prophylactic; preventative; protective.

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

预 yù
to prepare, to arrange; in advance
radical 181 ⾴ · 10 strokes
防 fáng
to protect, to defend, to guard against
radical 170 ⾩ · 7 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “prophylactic”

WordPinyinMeaning
预防 (預防)yù fángto prevent; to take precautions against

Related words

Other words that share a character with 预防性.

WordPinyinMeaning
预算 (預算)yù suànbudget
预测 (預測)yù cèto forecast; to predict
预计 (預計)yù jìto forecast; to predict
预期 (預期)yù qīto expect; to anticipate
预防 (預防)yù fángto prevent; to take precautions against
干预 (干預)gān yùto meddle; to intervene
防止fáng zhǐto prevent; to guard against
国防 (國防)guó fángnational defense
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “prophylactic”.

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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