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Chinese symbol for “casein”

酪蛋白
lào dàn bái
casein (milk protein)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for casein is 酪蛋白 (lào dàn bái), defined as: casein (milk protein).

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

酪 lào
cream, cheese; koumiss
radical 164 ⾣ · 13 strokes
蛋 dàn
egg
radical 142 ⾍ · 11 strokes
白 bái
white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
radical 106 ⽩ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “casein”

WordPinyinMeaning
干酪素 (乾酪素)gān lào sùcasein
酪素lào sùcasein (milk protein)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 酪蛋白.

WordPinyinMeaning
奶酪nǎi làocheese; 块 (kuài),盒 (hé),片 (piàn)
乳酪rǔ làocheese
干酪 (乾酪)gān làocheese
酪氨酸lào ān suāntyrosine (Tyr), an amino acid
酸乳酪suān rǔ làoyogurt
蛋糕dàn gāocake; 块 (kuài),个 (gè)
鸡蛋 (雞蛋)jī dàn(chicken) egg; hen's egg
笨蛋bèn dàn(mild insult) fool; idiot; (playful) silly person
明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable

See also: Japanese symbol for “casein”.

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.