Chinese symbol for “spore”
孢子
bāo zǐ
spore
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spore is 孢子 (bāo zǐ), defined as: spore.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “spore”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孢 | bāo | spore |
| 菌种 (菌種) | jūn zhǒng | (microorganism) species; strain; (fungus and mushroom) spore; spawn |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 孢子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芽孢 | yá bāo | endospore |
| 头孢 (頭孢) | tóu bāo | (pharm.) cephalosporin |
| 头孢菌素 (頭孢菌素) | tóu bāo jūn sù | (pharm.) cephalosporin |
| 双孢蘑菇 (雙孢蘑菇) | shuāng bāo mó gū | cultivated mushroom; champignon (Agaricus bisporus) |
| 头孢噻吩 (頭孢噻吩) | tóu bāo sāi fēn | (pharm.) cefalotin (aka cephalothin) |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spore”.
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.