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Chinese symbol for “infection”

感染
gǎn rǎn
to infect; infection; (fig.) to influence

The closest CC-CEDICT match for infection 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

感 gǎn
to affect, to move, to touch; to perceive, to sense
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes
染 rǎn
dye; to catch; to infect; to be contagious
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 感染.

WordPinyinMeaning
感觉 (感覺)gǎn juéfeeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
感到gǎn dàoto feel; to sense; to perceive
感谢 (感謝)gǎn xièto thank; to be grateful
感受gǎn shòuto sense; perception
感情gǎn qíngemotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons
污染wū rǎn(lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate
传染 (傳染)chuán rǎnto infect; contagious
渲染xuàn rǎnrendering (computing); to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting)

See also: Japanese symbol for “infection”.

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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