Chinese symbol for “testicle”
睾丸
gāo wán
Traditional: 睪丸
testicle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for testicle is 睾丸 (gāo wán), defined as: testicle.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “testicle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 睾 (睪) | gāo | (bound form) testicle |
| 卵蛋 | luǎn dàn | (coll.) testicle; balls |
| 精巢 | jīng cháo | (zoology) spermary; (in higher animals) testicle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 睾丸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 睾酮 (睪酮) | gāo tóng | testosterone |
| 附睾 (附睪) | fù gāo | epididymis |
| 睾丸酮 (睪丸酮) | gāo wán tóng | testosterone |
| 隐睾 (隱睪) | yǐn gāo | undescended testis; cryptorchidism |
| 睾丸素 (睪丸素) | gāo wán sù | testosterone |
| 药丸 (藥丸) | yào wán | pill; measure word: 粒 (lì) |
| 丸子 | wán zi | pills; balls |
| 弹丸 (彈丸) | dàn wán | pellet |
See also: Japanese symbol for “testicle”.
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.