Chinese symbol for “membrane”
膜
mó
membrane; film
The closest CC-CEDICT match for membrane is 膜 (mó), defined as: membrane; film.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “membrane”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 膜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 面膜 | miàn mó | facial mask; cleanser |
| 薄膜 | bó mó | membrane; film |
| 视网膜 (視網膜) | shì wǎng mó | retina |
| 处女膜 (處女膜) | chǔ nǚ mó | hymen |
| 膜拜 | mó bài | to kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level; to worship |
| 角膜 | jiǎo mó | cornea |
See also: Japanese symbol for “membrane”.
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.