Chinese symbol for “axon”
轴突
zhóu tū
Traditional: 軸突
axon
The closest CC-CEDICT match for axon is 轴突 (zhóu tū), defined as: axon.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “axon”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 轴突.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 轴承 (軸承) | zhóu chéng | (mechanical) bearing |
| 主轴 (主軸) | zhǔ zhóu | axis; principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc) |
| 卷轴 (卷軸) | juàn zhóu | scroll (book or painting) |
| 时间轴 (時間軸) | shí jiān zhóu | time axis; timeline |
| 轴线 (軸線) | zhóu xiàn | central axis (line) |
| 中轴线 (中軸線) | zhōng zhóu xiàn | central axis (line) |
| 突然 | tū rán | sudden; abrupt; unexpected |
| 冲突 (衝突) | chōng tū | conflict; to conflict |
See also: Japanese symbol for “axon”.
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.