Chinese symbol for “hippocampus”
海马体
hǎi mǎ tǐ
Traditional: 海馬體
(anatomy) hippocampus
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hippocampus is 海马体 (hǎi mǎ tǐ), defined as: (anatomy) hippocampus.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hippocampus”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 海马体.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 海军 (海軍) | hǎi jūn | navy |
| 海洋 | hǎi yáng | ocean |
| 海上 | hǎi shàng | maritime |
| 沿海 | yán hǎi | coastal |
| 海岸 | hǎi àn | coastal; seacoast |
| 马上 (馬上) | mǎ shàng | at once; right away |
| 马克 (馬克) | mǎ kè | mark (monetary unit) |
| 媒体 (媒體) | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hippocampus”.
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.