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Chinese symbol for “specimen”

标本
biāo běn
Traditional: 標本
specimen; sample; the root cause and symptoms of a disease

The closest CC-CEDICT match for specimen is 标本 (biāo běn), defined as: specimen; sample; the root cause and symptoms of a disease.

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

标 biāo
mark, sign, symbol; bid, prize
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes
本 běn
root, origin, source; basis
radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “specimen”

WordPinyinMeaning
样本 (樣本)yàng běnsample; specimen
样品 (樣品)yàng pǐnsample; specimen

Related words

Other words that share a character with 标本.

WordPinyinMeaning
目标 (目標)mù biāotarget; goal
标准 (標準)biāo zhǔnstandard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard
标志 (標誌)biāo zhìsign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark
指标 (指標)zhǐ biāo(production) target; quota; index; indicator
标题 (標題)biāo títitle; heading
标签 (標籤)biāo qiānlabel; tag
根本gēn běnfundamental; basic
基本jī běnbasic; fundamental

See also: Japanese symbol for “specimen”.

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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