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传染

Traditional: 傳染

chuán rǎn

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 5

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chuán rǎn · cyun4 jim5 (Jyutping)

  1. to infect
  2. contagious

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

传

Meaning
summon; propagate, transmit
Radical
亻
Strokes
6
Components
⿰亻专
Cangjie
OQNI
Four-corner
2523.7

染

Meaning
dye; be contagious; infect
Radical
木
Strokes
9
Components
⿱氿木
Cangjie
END
Four-corner
3490.4

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