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Chinese symbol for “meme”

迷因
mí yīn
(loanword) meme

The closest CC-CEDICT match for meme is 迷因 (mí yīn), defined as: (loanword) meme.

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Characters and stroke order

迷 mí
to bewitch, to charm; a fan of; infatuated
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes
因 yīn
cause, reason; by; because
radical 31 ⼞ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “meme”

WordPinyinMeaning
米姆mǐ mǔmeme (loanword)
模因mó yīnmeme (loanword)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 迷因.

WordPinyinMeaning
球迷qiú mífan (ball sports); 个 (gè)
迷你mí nǐ(loanword) mini-; miniature; very small
迷人mí rénfascinating; enchanting
迷惑mí huoto puzzle; to confuse
迷恋 (迷戀)mí liànto be infatuated with; to be enchanted by
迷信mí xìnsuperstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth)
因为 (因為)yīn wèibecause; owing to; on account of
因此yīn cǐthus; consequently; as a result

See also: Japanese symbol for “meme”.

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.