Chinese symbol for “chromosome”
染色体
rǎn sè tǐ
Traditional: 染色體
chromosome
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chromosome is 染色体 (rǎn sè tǐ), defined as: chromosome.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 染色体.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 污染 | wū rǎn | (lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate |
| 感染 | gǎn rǎn | to infect; infection; (fig.) to influence |
| 传染 (傳染) | chuán rǎn | to infect; contagious |
| 渲染 | xuàn rǎn | rendering (computing); to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) |
| 传染病 (傳染病) | chuán rǎn bìng | infectious disease; contagious disease; communicable disease |
| 污染物 | wū rǎn wù | pollutant |
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 特色 | tè sè | a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality |
| 媒体 (媒體) | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chromosome”.
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.