Chinese symbol for “iris”
虹膜
hóng mó
iris (of an eye)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for iris is 虹膜 (hóng mó), defined as: iris (of an eye).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “iris”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸢尾花 (鳶尾花) | yuān wěi huā | iris (family Iridaceae) |
| 蝴蝶花 | hú dié huā | iris; Iris tectorum |
| 马兰花 (馬蘭花) | mǎ lán huā | iris; Iris tectorum |
| 虹彩 | hóng cǎi | iridescence; iris (of the eye) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 虹膜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彩虹 | cǎi hóng | rainbow; measure word: 道 (dào) |
| 虹桥 (虹橋) | hóng qiáo | arched bridge |
| 霓虹 | ní hóng | (loanword) neon lights (abbr. for 霓虹灯 (ní hóng dēng)); (literary) rainbow |
| 霓虹灯 (霓虹燈) | ní hóng dēng | (loanword) neon lights |
| 虹吸 | hóng xī | (lit. and fig.) to siphon |
| 面膜 | miàn mó | facial mask; cleanser |
| 薄膜 | bó mó | membrane; film |
| 视网膜 (視網膜) | shì wǎng mó | retina |
See also: Japanese symbol for “iris”.
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.