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朊

ruǎn

Character

What 朊 means

1. protein

Words starting with 朊

• 朊毒体ruǎn dú tǐprion (molecular biology)
• 朊病毒ruǎn bìng dúprion (pathogen)

Words containing 朊

• 角朊jiǎo ruǎnkeratin

Characters built on 元

These share the phonetic component 元 (yuán), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote
• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 阮ruǎnruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute
• 沅YuánYuan river in Guizhou and Hunan
• 鼋yuánsea turtle
• 蚖yuánProtura (soil dwelling primitive hexapod); variant of 螈, salamander; newt

Characters that look like 朊

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 胜shèngvictory; success; to beat
• 狂kuángmad; wild; violent
• 脉màiarteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
• 胆dǎngall bladder; courage; guts
• 肮āngused in 肮脏
• 胫jìnglower part of leg

Sounds the same

Read ruǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 软soft; flexible
• 阮ruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute
• 瓀opaque; white quartz
• 碝jade-like stone
• 緛(archaic) to shorten
• 耎old variant of 软
• 礝old variant of 碝