Chinese symbol for “hereditary”
遗传性
yí chuán xìng
Traditional: 遺傳性
hereditary; inherited; genetic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hereditary is 遗传性 (yí chuán xìng), defined as: hereditary; inherited; genetic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hereditary”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 遗传性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遗憾 (遺憾) | yí hàn | regret; to regret |
| 遗址 (遺址) | yí zhǐ | ruins; historic relics |
| 遗产 (遺產) | yí chǎn | heritage; legacy |
| 遗传 (遺傳) | yí chuán | heredity; to inherit (a trait) |
| 遗体 (遺體) | yí tǐ | remains (of a dead person) |
| 遗忘 (遺忘) | yí wàng | to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore |
| 传统 (傳統) | chuán tǒng | tradition; traditional |
| 宣传 (宣傳) | xuān chuán | to disseminate; to give publicity to |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hereditary”.
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.