Chinese symbol for “blood”
血液
xuè yè
blood; (fig.) lifeblood
The closest CC-CEDICT match for blood is 血液 (xuè yè), defined as: blood; (fig.) lifeblood.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “blood”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 血液.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 血腥 | xuè xīng | reeking of blood; bloody (events) |
| 流血 | liú xuè | to bleed; to shed blood |
| 血统 (血統) | xuè tǒng | blood relationship; lineage |
| 血管 | xuè guǎn | vein; artery |
| 吸血鬼 | xī xuè guǐ | leech; bloodsucking vermin |
| 液体 (液體) | yè tǐ | liquid |
| 精液 | jīng yè | semen |
| 溶液 | róng yè | solution (chemistry) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “blood”.
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.