Chinese symbol for “lignin”

木质素

mù zhì sù

Traditional: 木質素

lignin

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lignin is 木质素 (mù zhì sù), defined as: lignin.

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Characters and stroke order

木 mù

tree; wood, lumber; wooden

radical 75 ⽊ · 4 strokes

质 zhì

essence, nature; material, substance

radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes

素 sù

plain; white; vegetarian; formerly; normally

radical 120 ⽷ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

質 zhì

Related words

Other words that share a character with 木质素.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
木材	mù cái	wood
树木 (樹木)	shù mù	tree
木头 (木頭)	mù tou	wood; log (块 (kuài),根 (gēn)); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
麻木	má mù	numb; insensitive
木板	mù bǎn	slab; board
木偶	mù ǒu	puppet
质量 (質量)	zhì liàng	(physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence)
物质 (物質)	wù zhì	matter; substance
因素	yīn sù	element; factor

See also: Japanese symbol for “lignin”.

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.