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Chinese symbol for “allele”

等位基因
děng wèi jī yīn
allele (one of two paired gene in diploid organism)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for allele is 等位基因 (děng wèi jī yīn), defined as: allele (one of two paired gene in diploid organism).

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Characters and stroke order

等 děng
rank, grade; same, equal; to wait
radical 118 ⽵ · 12 strokes
位 wèi
seat, throne; rank, status; position, location
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
基 jī
foundation, base
radical 32 ⼟ · 11 strokes
因 yīn
cause, reason; by; because
radical 31 ⼞ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 等位基因.

WordPinyinMeaning
等等děng děnget cetera; and so on ...
平等píng děngequal; equality
等待děng dàito wait; to wait for
等级 (等級)děng jígrade; rank
等于 (等於)děng yúto equal; to be tantamount to
高等gāo děnghigh-level; higher (animals, education etc)
单位 (單位)dān wèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)
位于 (位於)wèi yúto be located at; to be situated at
基础 (基礎)jī chǔbase; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental
因为 (因為)yīn wèibecause; owing to; on account of

See also: Japanese symbol for “allele”.

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.