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Chinese symbol for “appendicitis”

阑尾炎
lán wěi yán
Traditional: 闌尾炎
appendicitis (medicine)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for appendicitis is 阑尾炎 (lán wěi yán), defined as: appendicitis (medicine).

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

阑 lán
screen door, railing, fence
radical 169 ⾨ · 12 strokes
尾 wěi
tail; extremity, end; back, rear
radical 44 ⼫ · 7 strokes
炎 yán
flame, blaze; hot
radical 86 ⽕ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “appendicitis”

WordPinyinMeaning
盲肠炎 (盲腸炎)máng cháng yánappendicitis

Related words

Other words that share a character with 阑尾炎.

WordPinyinMeaning
阑尾 (闌尾)lán wěiappendix; vermiform appendix (anatomy)
阑珊 (闌珊)lán shāncoming to an end; waning
夜阑 (夜闌)yè lánlate at night; in the dead of night
阑干 (闌干)lán gān(literary) crisscross; uneven
夜阑人静 (夜闌人靜)yè lán rén jìngthe still of the night (idiom); late at night
尾巴wěi batail; colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]
结尾 (結尾)jié wěiending; coda
尾声 (尾聲)wěi shēngcoda; epilogue
肺炎fèi yánpneumonia; inflammation of the lungs

See also: Japanese symbol for “appendicitis”.

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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