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).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “collagen”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胶原蛋白 (膠原蛋白) | jiāo yuán dàn bái | collagen |
| 骨胶原 (骨膠原) | gǔ jiāo yuán | collagen (protein) |
| 胶原质 (膠原質) | jiāo yuán zhì | collagen (protein) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胶原.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 橡胶 (橡膠) | xiàng jiāo | rubber; caoutchouc |
| 塑胶 (塑膠) | sù jiāo | synthetic resin; plastic cement; (Tw) plastic |
| 胶囊 (膠囊) | jiāo náng | (pharm.) capsule |
| 胶带 (膠帶) | jiāo dài | adhesive tape; magnetic tape |
| 胶片 (膠片) | jiāo piàn | (photographic) film |
| 胶卷 (膠卷) | jiāo juǎn | roll of film |
| 原因 | yuán yīn | cause; origin |
| 原来 (原來) | yuán lái | original; 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.