Chinese symbol for “infect”
感染
gǎn rǎn
to infect; infection; (fig.) to influence
The closest CC-CEDICT match for infect is 感染 (gǎn rǎn), defined as: to infect; infection; (fig.) to influence.
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
Other Chinese words for “infect”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 传染 (傳染) | chuán rǎn | to infect; contagious |
| 传 (傳) | chuán | to pass on; to spread |
| 招 | zhāo | to recruit; to provoke |
| 濡染 | rú rǎn | to infect; to influence |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 感染.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感觉 (感覺) | gǎn jué | feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive |
| 感到 | gǎn dào | to feel; to sense; to perceive |
| 感谢 (感謝) | gǎn xiè | to thank; to be grateful |
| 感受 | gǎn shòu | to sense; perception |
| 感情 | gǎn qíng | emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons |
| 污染 | wū rǎn | (lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate |
| 传染 (傳染) | chuán rǎn | to infect; contagious |
| 渲染 | xuàn rǎn | rendering (computing); to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “infect”.
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.