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Chinese symbol for “collagen”

胶原
jiāo yuán
Traditional: 膠原
collagen (protein)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for collagen is 胶原 (jiāo yuán), defined as: collagen (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

胶 jiāo
glue, gum, resin, rubber; sticky; to glue
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes
原 yuán
source, origin, beginning
radical 27 ⼚ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “collagen”

WordPinyinMeaning
胶原蛋白 (膠原蛋白)jiāo yuán dàn báicollagen
骨胶原 (骨膠原)gǔ jiāo yuáncollagen (protein)
胶原质 (膠原質)jiāo yuán zhìcollagen (protein)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 胶原.

WordPinyinMeaning
橡胶 (橡膠)xiàng jiāorubber; caoutchouc
塑胶 (塑膠)sù jiāosynthetic resin; plastic cement; (Tw) plastic
胶囊 (膠囊)jiāo náng(pharm.) capsule
胶带 (膠帶)jiāo dàiadhesive tape; magnetic tape
胶片 (膠片)jiāo piàn(photographic) film
胶卷 (膠卷)jiāo juǎnroll of film
原因yuán yīncause; origin
原来 (原來)yuán láioriginal; former; originally; formerly; at first

See also: Japanese symbol for “collagen”.

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.

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