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Chinese symbol for “prion”

朊病毒
ruǎn bìng dú
prion (pathogen)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for prion is 朊病毒 (ruǎn bìng dú), defined as: prion (pathogen).

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

朊 ruǎn
protein
radical 74 ⽉ · 8 strokes
病 bìng
sickness, illness, disease
radical 104 ⽧ · 10 strokes
毒 dú
poison, venom; drug, narcotic
radical 80 ⽏ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “prion”

WordPinyinMeaning
朊毒体 (朊毒體)ruǎn dú tǐprion (molecular biology)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 朊病毒.

WordPinyinMeaning
朊毒体 (朊毒體)ruǎn dú tǐprion (molecular biology)
角朊jiǎo ruǎnkeratin
病毒bìng dúvirus
疾病jí bìngdisease; sickness; ailment
病人bìng rénsick person; patient
病例bìng lì(medical) case; occurrence of illness
生病shēng bìngto fall ill
艾滋病ài zī bìng(loanword) AIDS
毒品dú pǐndrugs; narcotics

See also: Japanese symbol for “prion”.

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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