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Chinese symbol for “venom”

毒液
dú yè
venom; poisonous fluid

The closest CC-CEDICT match for venom is 毒液 (dú yè), defined as: venom; poisonous fluid.

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

毒 dú
poison, venom; drug, narcotic
radical 80 ⽏ · 9 strokes
液 yè
fluid, liquid; juice, sap
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 毒液.

WordPinyinMeaning
病毒bìng dúvirus
毒品dú pǐndrugs; narcotics
有毒yǒu dúpoisonous
中毒zhòng dúto be poisoned
毒药 (毒藥)dú yàopoison
吸毒xī dúto take drugs
血液xuè yèblood; (fig.) lifeblood
液体 (液體)yè tǐliquid

See also: Japanese symbol for “venom”.

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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