Chinese symbol for “anthrax”
炭疽热
tàn jū rè
Traditional: 炭疽熱
anthrax
The closest CC-CEDICT match for anthrax is 炭疽热 (tàn jū rè), defined as: anthrax.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “anthrax”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炭疽 | tàn jū | (medicine) anthrax; (horticulture) anthracnose; canker |
| 炭疽病 | tàn jū bìng | (medicine) anthrax; (horticulture) anthracnose; canker |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 炭疽热.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煤炭 | méi tàn | coal |
| 木炭 | mù tàn | charcoal |
| 焦炭 | jiāo tàn | coke (processed coal used in blast furnace) |
| 烧炭 (燒炭) | shāo tàn | to manufacture charcoal; to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning) |
| 活性炭 | huó xìng tàn | activated carbon |
| 泥炭 | ní tàn | peat |
| 炭疽 | tàn jū | (medicine) anthrax; (horticulture) anthracnose; canker |
| 坏疽 (壞疽) | huài jū | gangrene |
| 热情 (熱情) | rè qíng | cordial; enthusiastic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “anthrax”.
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.