Chinese symbol for “aorta”
主动脉
zhǔ dòng mài
Traditional: 主動脈
aorta; principal artery
The closest CC-CEDICT match for aorta is 主动脉 (zhǔ dòng mài), defined as: aorta; principal artery.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “aorta”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 主动脉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 主席 | zhǔ xí | chairperson; premier |
| 主任 | zhǔ rèn | director; head |
| 主题 (主題) | zhǔ tí | theme; subject |
| 主张 (主張) | zhǔ zhāng | to advocate; to stand for |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 山脉 (山脈) | shān mài | mountain range; 条 (tiáo) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “aorta”.
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.