Chinese symbol for “chlorophyll”
叶绿素
yè lǜ sù
Traditional: 葉綠素
chlorophyll
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chlorophyll is 叶绿素 (yè lǜ sù), defined as: chlorophyll.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 叶绿素.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 茶叶 (茶葉) | chá yè | tea; tea leaves |
| 叶子 (葉子) | yè zi | leaf (CL:片 (piàn)); (slang) marijuana |
| 中叶 (中葉) | zhōng yè | mid- (e.g. mid-century); middle period |
| 叶片 (葉片) | yè piàn | blade (of propellor); vane |
| 树叶 (樹葉) | shù yè | tree leaves |
| 落叶 (落葉) | luò yè | dead leaves; to lose leaves (of plants) |
| 绿色 (綠色) | lǜ sè | green |
| 绿化 (綠化) | lǜ huà | to make green with plants; to reforest |
| 因素 | yīn sù | element; factor |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chlorophyll”.
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.