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Chinese symbol for “bleed”

流血
liú xuè
to bleed; to shed blood

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bleed is 流血 (liú xuè), defined as: to bleed; to shed blood.

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

流 liú
to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
血 xuè
blood
radical 143 ⾎ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “bleed”

WordPinyinMeaning
出血chū xuèto bleed; bleeding; (fig.) to spend money in large amounts
见红 (見紅)jiàn hóng(coll.) to bleed (esp. vaginal bleeding); to suffer a financial loss

Related words

Other words that share a character with 流血.

WordPinyinMeaning
交流jiāo liúto exchange; exchange
流行liú xíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
主流zhǔ liúmain stream (of a river); fig. the essential point
流动 (流動)liú dòngto flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid
流量liú liàngflow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic; (hydrology) discharge
流通liú tōngto circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
血液xuè yèblood; (fig.) lifeblood
血腥xuè xīngreeking of blood; bloody (events)

See also: Japanese symbol for “bleed”.

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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