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Chinese symbol for “microbiology”

微生物学
wēi shēng wù xué
Traditional: 微生物學
microbiology

The closest CC-CEDICT match for microbiology is 微生物学 (wēi shēng wù xué), defined as: microbiology.

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

微 wēi
small, tiny, trifling; micro-
radical 60 ⼻ · 13 strokes
生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes
物 wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 微生物学.

WordPinyinMeaning
微博wēi bómicroblogging; microblog
微笑wēi xiàosmile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī)
稍微shāo wēia little bit
轻微 (輕微)qīng wēislight; light
微生物wēi shēng wùmicroorganism
微型wēi xíngminiature; micro-; tiny
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
生活shēng huóto live; life
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild

See also: Japanese symbol for “microbiology”.

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.