Chinese symbol for “bloodshed”
血刃
xuè rèn
bloodshed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bloodshed is 血刃 (xuè rèn), defined as: bloodshed.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 血刃.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 血液 | xuè yè | blood; (fig.) lifeblood |
| 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 |
| 迎刃而解 | yíng rèn ér jiě | lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom); fig. easily solved |
| 刀刃 | dāo rèn | knife blade; crucial point |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bloodshed”.
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.