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Chinese symbol for “vaccine”

疫苗
yì miáo
vaccine

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vaccine is 疫苗 (yì miáo), defined as: vaccine.

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

疫 yì
epidemic, plague, pestilence
radical 104 ⽧ · 9 strokes
苗 miáo
sprouts; Miao nationality
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “vaccine”

WordPinyinMeaning
菌苗jūn miáovaccine
痘苗dòu miáovaccine
苗miáoyoung plant; seedling; (bound form) young animal raised for farming or aquaculture (e.g. 鱼苗 (yú miáo))

Related words

Other words that share a character with 疫苗.

WordPinyinMeaning
疫情yì qíngepidemic; outbreak
免疫miǎn yìimmunity (to disease)
防疫fáng yìto prevent epidemics
瘟疫wēn yìplague; pestilence
检疫 (檢疫)jiǎn yìquarantine
苗条 (苗條)miáo tiao(of a woman) slim; slender
幼苗yòu miáoyoung sprout; bud
火苗huǒ miáoflame

See also: Japanese symbol for “vaccine”.

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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