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Chinese symbol for “latex”

乳胶
rǔ jiāo
Traditional: 乳膠
latex

The closest CC-CEDICT match for latex is 乳胶 (rǔ jiāo), defined as: latex.

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

乳 rǔ
breast, nipples; milk; to suckle
radical 5 ⼄ · 8 strokes
胶 jiāo
glue, gum, resin, rubber; sticky; to glue
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “latex”

WordPinyinMeaning
胶乳 (膠乳)jiāo rǔlatex
乳汁rǔ zhīmilk; (botany) latex

Related words

Other words that share a character with 乳胶.

WordPinyinMeaning
乳房rǔ fángbreast; udder
乳头 (乳頭)rǔ tóunipple
母乳mǔ rǔbreast milk
巨乳jù rǔlarge breasts; busty
哺乳bǔ rǔbreastfeeding; to suckle
乳腺癌rǔ xiàn áibreast cancer
橡胶 (橡膠)xiàng jiāorubber; caoutchouc
塑胶 (塑膠)sù jiāosynthetic resin; plastic cement; (Tw) plastic

See also: Japanese symbol for “latex”.

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.