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Chinese symbol for “infectious”

传染性
chuán rǎn xìng
Traditional: 傳染性
infectious; contagious; infectiousness; transmissibility

The closest CC-CEDICT match for infectious is 传染性 (chuán rǎn xìng), defined as: infectious; contagious; infectiousness; transmissibility.

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

传 chuán
to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
染 rǎn
dye; to catch; to infect; to be contagious
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 传染性.

WordPinyinMeaning
传统 (傳統)chuán tǒngtradition; traditional
宣传 (宣傳)xuān chuánto disseminate; to give publicity to
传播 (傳播)chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
传说 (傳說)chuán shuōlegend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
上传 (上傳)shàng chuánto upload
传递 (傳遞)chuán dìto transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive
污染wū rǎn(lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate
感染gǎn rǎnto infect; infection; (fig.) to influence
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “infectious”.

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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