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Chinese symbol for “gluten”

面筋
miàn jīn
Traditional: 麵筋
gluten

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gluten is 面筋 (miàn jīn), defined as: gluten.

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

面 miàn
face; surface, side; plane, dimension
radical 176 ⾯ · 9 strokes
筋 jīn
muscles; tendons
radical 118 ⽵ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “gluten”

WordPinyinMeaning
麸质 (麩質)fū zhìgluten

Related words

Other words that share a character with 面筋.

WordPinyinMeaning
方面fāng miànrespect; aspect
里面 (裏面)lǐ miànvariant of 里面 (lǐ miàn)
面积 (面積)miàn jīarea (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area
全面quán miànall-around; comprehensive
面对 (面對)miàn duìto face; to confront
钢筋 (鋼筋)gāng jīnsteel reinforcing bar
脑筋 (腦筋)nǎo jīnbrains; mind
筋疲力尽 (筋疲力盡)jīn pí lì jìnbody weary, strength exhausted (idiom); extremely tired; spent

See also: Japanese symbol for “gluten”.

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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