Chinese symbol for “autosomal”

常染色体

cháng rǎn sè tǐ

Traditional: 常染色體

autosomal chromosome; autosome; autosomal

The closest CC-CEDICT match for autosomal is 常染色体 (cháng rǎn sè tǐ), defined as: autosomal chromosome; autosome; autosomal.

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Characters and stroke order

常 cháng

common, general, normal; always, frequently, regularly

radical 50 ⼱ · 11 strokes

染 rǎn

dye; to catch; to infect; to be contagious

radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes

色 sè

color, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex

radical 139 ⾊ · 6 strokes

体 tǐ

body; group, class; form, style, system

radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

體 tǐ

Related words

Other words that share a character with 常染色体.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
非常	fēi cháng	very; really; unusual; extraordinary
经常 (經常)	jīng cháng	frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
正常	zhèng cháng	normal; regular
通常	tōng cháng	regular; usual; normal; usually; normally
日常	rì cháng	day-to-day; daily; everyday
常常	cháng cháng	frequently; often
污染	wū rǎn	(lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate
感染	gǎn rǎn	to infect; infection; (fig.) to influence
角色	jué sè	role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
媒体 (媒體)	méi tǐ	media, esp. news media

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.