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Chinese symbol for “gene”

基因
jī yīn
gene (loanword)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gene is 基因 (jī yīn), defined as: gene (loanword).

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Characters and stroke order

基 jī
foundation, base
radical 32 ⼟ · 11 strokes
因 yīn
cause, reason; by; because
radical 31 ⼞ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 基因.

WordPinyinMeaning
基础 (基礎)jī chǔbase; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental
基本jī běnbasic; fundamental
基地jī dìbase (of operations, industrial, military, research etc)
基金jī jīnfund
基于 (基於)jī yúbecause of; on the basis of
基层 (基層)jī céngbasic level; grassroots unit
因为 (因為)yīn wèibecause; owing to; on account of
因此yīn cǐthus; consequently; as a result

See also: Japanese symbol for “gene”.

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.