腺 — Chinese character
腺
xiàn
gland
- Pinyin
- xiàn
- Radical
- 130 ⾁ (Meat)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 泉
- Formation
- pictophonetic — flesh; meaning component ⺼; sound component 泉
- Japanese
- 腺 as a kanji
Common words with 腺
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乳腺癌 | rǔ xiàn ái | breast cancer |
| 甲状腺 (甲狀腺) | jiǎ zhuàng xiàn | (anatomy) thyroid gland |
| 前列腺 | qián liè xiàn | prostate gland |
| 肾上腺素 (腎上腺素) | shèn shàng xiàn sù | adrenaline |
| 乳腺 | rǔ xiàn | mammary gland |
| 肾上腺 (腎上腺) | shèn shàng xiàn | adrenal glands |
| 腺体 (腺體) | xiàn tǐ | gland |
| 胰腺 | yí xiàn | pancreas |
| 胸腺 | xiōng xiàn | thymus |
| 汗腺 | hàn xiàn | sweat gland |
| 性腺 | xìng xiàn | gonad; sex gland |
| 腺癌 | xiàn ái | adenocarcinoma |
English words written with 腺
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.