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Chinese symbol for “nucleotide”

核苷酸
hé gān suān
nucleotide

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nucleotide is 核苷酸 (hé gān suān), defined as: nucleotide.

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Characters and stroke order

核 hé
core, kernel; nut, seed; atom
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes
苷 gān
licorice
radical 140 ⾋ · 8 strokes
酸 suān
tart, sour; spoiled; acid
radical 164 ⾣ · 14 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 核苷酸.

WordPinyinMeaning
核心hé xīncore; nucleus
考核kǎo héto examine; to check up on
审核 (審核)shěn héto audit; to investigate thoroughly
核武器hé wǔ qìnuclear weapon
核准hé zhǔnto authorize; to investigate then ratify
核电 (核電)hé diànnuclear power
腺苷xiàn gānadenosine
糖苷táng gānglycoside
氨基酸ān jī suānamino acid

See also: Japanese symbol for “nucleotide”.

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.