Chinese symbol for “fermentation”
酵
jiào
yeast; leaven; fermentation; Taiwan pr. [xiao4]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fermentation is 酵 (jiào), defined as: yeast; leaven; fermentation; Taiwan pr. [xiao4].
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 酵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发酵 (發酵) | fā jiào | to ferment; (fig.) (of trends, emotions or repercussions etc) to bubble away; to simmer; to develop |
| 酵母 | jiào mǔ | yeast; saccharomycete (abbr. for 酵母菌 (jiào mǔ jūn)) |
| 酵素 | jiào sù | enzyme |
| 酵母菌 | jiào mǔ jūn | yeast; saccharomycete |
| 糖酵解 | táng jiào jiě | glycolysis (anaerobic metabolism of glucose) |
| 酵母醇 | jiào mǔ chún | zymosterol |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fermentation”.
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.