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Chinese symbol for “sequencing”

测序
cè xù
Traditional: 測序
(DNA etc) sequencing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sequencing is 测序 (cè xù), defined as: (DNA etc) sequencing.

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Characters and stroke order

测 cè
to survey, to measure; to estimate, to conjecture
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes
序 xù
order, sequence, series; preface
radical 53 ⼴ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 测序.

WordPinyinMeaning
测试 (測試)cè shìto test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area)
预测 (預測)yù cèto forecast; to predict
检测 (檢測)jiǎn cèto test; to detect
测量 (測量)cè liángsurvey; to measure
监测 (監測)jiān cèto monitor
观测 (觀測)guān cèto observe; to survey
程序chéng xùprocedures; sequence
秩序zhì xùorder; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “sequencing”.

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.