Chinese symbol for “algae”
藻类
zǎo lèi
Traditional: 藻類
algae
The closest CC-CEDICT match for algae is 藻类 (zǎo lèi), defined as: algae.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “algae”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 藻类.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海藻 | hǎi zǎo | seaweed; marine alga |
| 词藻 (詞藻) | cí zǎo | rhetoric; flowery language |
| 辞藻 (辭藻) | cí zǎo | rhetoric |
| 硅藻 | guī zǎo | diatom (single-celled phytoplankton) |
| 绿藻 (綠藻) | lǜ zǎo | green algae; chlorella (dietary supplement) |
| 人类 (人類) | rén lèi | humanity; human race |
| 类似 (類似) | lèi sì | similar; analogous |
| 类型 (類型) | lèi xíng | type; kind; category; (computer programming) type |
See also: Japanese symbol for “algae”.
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.