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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

主 zhǔ
to own; to host; master; host; lord
radical 3 ⼂ · 5 strokes
动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes
脉 mài
a pulse; arteries, veins; blood vessels
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “aorta”

WordPinyinMeaning
黄喉 (黃喉)huáng hóuaorta (ingredient of hotpot, Sichuan cuisine)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 主动脉.

WordPinyinMeaning
主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
主席zhǔ xíchairperson; premier
主任zhǔ rèndirector; head
主题 (主題)zhǔ títheme; subject
主张 (主張)zhǔ zhāngto advocate; to stand for
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
运动 (運動)yùn dòngto move; to exercise
山脉 (山脈)shān màimountain 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.

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