Chinese symbol for “bacillus”
杆菌
gǎn jūn
Traditional: 桿菌
bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bacillus is 杆菌 (gǎn jūn), defined as: bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 杆菌.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杠杆 (槓桿) | gàng gǎn | lever; pry bar |
| 栏杆 (欄杆) | lán gān | railing; banister |
| 铁杆 (鐵桿) | tiě gān | iron (golf club) |
| 电线杆 (電線杆) | diàn xiàn gān | electric pole; telephone pole |
| 细菌 (細菌) | xì jūn | bacterium; germ |
| 真菌 | zhēn jūn | fungi; fungus |
| 病菌 | bìng jūn | harmful bacteria; pathogenic bacteria |
| 杀菌 (殺菌) | shā jūn | to kill germs; to disinfect |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bacillus”.
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.