Chinese symbol for “mycelium”
菌丝
jūn sī
Traditional: 菌絲
mycelium; hypha
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mycelium is 菌丝 (jūn sī), defined as: mycelium; hypha.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 菌丝.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 细菌 (細菌) | xì jūn | bacterium; germ |
| 杆菌 (桿菌) | gǎn jūn | bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) |
| 真菌 | zhēn jūn | fungi; fungus |
| 病菌 | bìng jūn | harmful bacteria; pathogenic bacteria |
| 杀菌 (殺菌) | shā jūn | to kill germs; to disinfect |
| 抗菌 | kàng jūn | antibacterial |
| 粉丝 (粉絲) | fěn sī | bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles; fan; enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans") |
| 丝毫 (絲毫) | sī háo | the slightest amount or degree; a bit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mycelium”.
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.