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Chinese symbol for “bruising”

淤伤
yū shāng
Traditional: 淤傷
bruising

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bruising is 淤伤 (yū shāng), defined as: bruising.

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

淤 yū
mud, sediment; to clog up, to silt up
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
伤 shāng
to injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “bruising”

WordPinyinMeaning
碰损 (碰損)pèng sǔnbruising (damage to soft fruit etc)
瘀伤 (瘀傷)yū shāngto become bruised; bruising
瘀斑yū bān(medicine) ecchymosis; bruising

Related words

Other words that share a character with 淤伤.

WordPinyinMeaning
淤泥yū nísilt; sludge
淤积 (淤積)yū jīto silt up; silt
淤塞yū sèchoked with silt; silted up
淤青yū qīngbruise; contusion
淤血yū xuèvariant of 瘀血 (yū xuè)
清淤qīng yūto dredge; to remove sludge
伤害 (傷害)shāng hàito injure; to harm
受伤 (受傷)shòu shāngto sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc)

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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