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Chinese symbol for “testosterone”

睾酮
gāo tóng
Traditional: 睪酮
testosterone

The closest CC-CEDICT match for testosterone is 睾酮 (gāo tóng), defined as: testosterone.

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

睾 gāo
testicle
radical 109 ⽬ · 14 strokes
酮 tóng
ketone
radical 164 ⾣ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “testosterone”

WordPinyinMeaning
睾丸酮 (睪丸酮)gāo wán tóngtestosterone
睾丸素 (睪丸素)gāo wán sùtestosterone
睾丸激素 (睪丸激素)gāo wán jī sùtestosterone
雄激素xióng jī sùmale hormone; testosterone
雄性激素xióng xìng jī sùmale hormone; testosterone

Related words

Other words that share a character with 睾酮.

WordPinyinMeaning
睾丸 (睪丸)gāo wántesticle
附睾 (附睪)fù gāoepididymis
睾丸酮 (睪丸酮)gāo wán tóngtestosterone
隐睾 (隱睪)yǐn gāoundescended testis; cryptorchidism
睾丸素 (睪丸素)gāo wán sùtestosterone
丙酮bǐng tóngacetone CH3COCH
美沙酮měi shā tóngmethadone
孕酮yùn tóngprogesterone

See also: Japanese symbol for “testosterone”.

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.