Chinese symbol for “pathogenic”

致病性

zhì bìng xìng

pathogenic; pathogenicity

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pathogenic is 致病性 (zhì bìng xìng), defined as: pathogenic; pathogenicity.

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Characters and stroke order

致 zhì

to send; to present, to deliver; to cause; consequence

radical 133 ⾄ · 9 strokes

病 bìng

sickness, illness, disease

radical 104 ⽧ · 10 strokes

性 xìng

sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective

radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 致病性.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
导致 (導致)	dǎo zhì	to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
一致	yī zhì	consistent; unanimous; in agreement; together; in unison
大致	dà zhì	more or less; roughly; approximately
致命	zhì mìng	fatal; mortal
致使	zhì shǐ	to cause; to result in
致力于 (致力於)	zhì lì yú	to devote oneself to; to work toward
病毒	bìng dú	virus
疾病	jí bìng	disease; sickness; ailment
女性	nǚ xìng	woman; the female sex

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.