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Chinese symbol for “stressor”

应激源
yìng jī yuán
Traditional: 應激源
stressor

The closest CC-CEDICT match for stressor is 应激源 (yìng jī yuán), defined as: stressor.

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

应 yìng
should, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with, to cope
radical 53 ⼴ · 7 strokes
激 jī
to arouse, to incite; acute, sharp; fierce, violent
radical 85 ⽔ · 16 strokes
源 yuán
spring; source, root, head; surname
radical 85 ⽔ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 应激源.

WordPinyinMeaning
应该 (應該)yīng gāiought to; should; must
应用 (應用)yìng yòngto put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc)
反应 (反應)fǎn yìngto react; to respond
应当 (應當)yīng dāngshould; ought to
适应 (適應)shì yìngto adapt; to fit
相应 (相應)xiāng yìngto correspond; answering (one another)
刺激cì jīto provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant
激烈jī liè(of competition or fighting) intense; fierce
资源 (資源)zī yuánnatural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism)

See also: Japanese symbol for “stressor”.

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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