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肽

tài

peptide

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺼ (organic compound) provides meaning, 太 provides pronunciation
HSK 8 strokes Uncommon (45%)
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Component Breakdown

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⺼
meat, flesh; organic compound
太
tài
very, too much; big; extreme
⿰⺼太 i

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Component Tree i

⺼
meat, flesh; organic compound
📷 Pictographic: Meat on the ribs of an animal; compare 肉
4 strokes
tài
太
very, too much; big; extreme
💡 Ideographic: A giant 大 with a normal-sized man 丶 for scale
4 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 肽 (10)

nèifēitài
内啡肽 ↗
endorphin
tiāndōngběnbǐngèrtàizhǐ
天冬苯丙二肽酯 ↗
aspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener)
duōtài
多肽 ↗
polypeptide, chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein
duōtàilián
多肽连 ↗
polypeptide chain
tài
肽 ↗
peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
tàidānwèi
肽单位 ↗
peptide unit (on protein chain)
tàijī
肽基 ↗
peptide group / peptide unit
tàijùtáng
肽聚糖 ↗
peptidoglycan (PG) or murein (polymer of sugars and amino acids forming cell wall)
tàijiàn
肽键 ↗
peptide bond CO-NH / bond in protein between carboxyl radical and amino radical
tàiliàn
肽链 ↗
peptide chain (chain of amino acids making up protein)