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Chinese symbol for “bleeding”

出血
chū xuè
to bleed; bleeding; (fig.) to spend money in large amounts

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bleeding is 出血 (chū xuè), defined as: to bleed; bleeding; (fig.) to spend money in large amounts.

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

出 chū
to go out, to send out; stand; produce
radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes
血 xuè
blood
radical 143 ⾎ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “bleeding”

WordPinyinMeaning
渗色 (滲色)shèn sèbleeding

Related words

Other words that share a character with 出血.

WordPinyinMeaning
出现 (出現)chū xiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
出来 (出來)chū láito come out; to appear
提出tí chūto raise (an issue); to propose
指出zhǐ chūto indicate; to point out
出版chū bǎnto publish
血液xuè yèblood; (fig.) lifeblood
血腥xuè xīngreeking of blood; bloody (events)
流血liú xuèto bleed; to shed blood

See also: Japanese symbol for “bleeding”.

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.