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Chinese symbol for “plasmodium”

疟原虫
nüè yuán chóng
Traditional: 瘧原蟲
plasmodium (malaria parasite)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for plasmodium is 疟原虫 (nüè yuán chóng), defined as: plasmodium (malaria parasite).

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

疟 nüè
malaria; intermittent fever
radical 104 ⽧ · 8 strokes
原 yuán
source, origin, beginning
radical 27 ⼚ · 10 strokes
虫 chóng
insect, worm; mollusk
radical 142 ⾍ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 疟原虫.

WordPinyinMeaning
疟疾 (瘧疾)nüè jímalaria
疟蚊 (瘧蚊)nüè wénAnopheles (type of mosquito)
痎疟 (痎瘧)jiē nüè(TCM) tertian malaria
疟子 (瘧子)yào zi(coll.) malaria
疟疾病 (瘧疾病)nüè jí bìngmalaria
原因yuán yīncause; origin
原来 (原來)yuán láioriginal; former; originally; formerly; at first
原则 (原則)yuán zéprinciple; doctrine
昆虫 (昆蟲)kūn chónginsect; 只 (zhī),群 (qún),堆 (duī)

See also: Japanese symbol for “plasmodium”.

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.

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