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Chinese symbol for “carotene”

胡萝卜素
hú luó bo sù
Traditional: 胡蘿蔔素
carotene

The closest CC-CEDICT match for carotene is 胡萝卜素 (hú luó bo sù), defined as: carotene.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

胡 hú
recklessly, foolishly; wildly
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes
萝 luó
carrot, radish, turnip
radical 140 ⾋ · 11 strokes
卜 bo
divination, fortune-telling; prophecy
radical 25 ⼘ · 2 strokes
素 sù
plain; white; vegetarian; formerly; normally
radical 120 ⽷ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 胡萝卜素.

WordPinyinMeaning
胡说八道 (胡說八道)hú shuō bā dàoto talk rubbish
胡子 (鬍子)hú zibeard; mustache or whiskers
胡同hú tònglane; alley; 条 (tiáo)
胡说 (胡說)hú shuōto talk nonsense; drivel
胡闹 (胡鬧)hú nàoto act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble
萝莉 (蘿莉)luó lìa Lolita (young, cute girl)
胡萝卜 (胡蘿蔔)hú luó bocarrot
萝卜 (蘿蔔)luó boradish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon; measure word: 根 (gēn)
占卜zhān bǔto divine
因素yīn sùelement; factor

See also: Japanese symbol for “carotene”.

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.