角蛋白

jiǎodànbái

noun

Meanings

1 keratin
2 fibrous structural protein found in hair, nails, horns, and feathers

Characters

white (蛋白 = protein/egg-white)

Examples

头发的主要成分是角蛋白。

Tóufa de zhǔyào chéngfèn shì jiǎodànbái.

The main component of hair is keratin.

角蛋白让指甲变得坚硬。

Jiǎodànbái ràng zhǐjiǎ biàndé jiānyìng.

Keratin makes nails hard.

Tips

memory

角 (horn) + 蛋白 (protein) = "horn protein." Hair, fingernails, claws, horns, and feathers are all made of it — anything tough and skin-derived in animals.

Stroke Order

角 jiǎo

蛋 dàn

白 bái