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Chinese symbol for “anemia”

贫血
pín xuè
Traditional: 貧血
anemia

The closest CC-CEDICT match for anemia is 贫血 (pín xuè), defined as: anemia.

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Characters and stroke order

贫 pín
poor, needy, impoverished; lacking
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes
血 xuè
blood
radical 143 ⾎ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “anemia”

WordPinyinMeaning
贫血症 (貧血症)pín xuè zhènganemia
血亏 (血虧)xuè kuīanemia

Related words

Other words that share a character with 贫血.

WordPinyinMeaning
贫困 (貧困)pín kùnimpoverished; poverty
贫穷 (貧窮)pín qióngpoor; impoverished
扶贫 (扶貧)fú pínassistance to the poor; poverty alleviation
贫民 (貧民)pín mínpoor people
脱贫 (脫貧)tuō pínto lift oneself out of poverty
贫乏 (貧乏)pín fáimpoverished; lacking
血液xuè yèblood; (fig.) lifeblood
血腥xuè xīngreeking of blood; bloody (events)

See also: Japanese symbol for “anemia”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.