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Chinese symbol for “cardiovascular”

心血管
xīn xuè guǎn
(anatomy) heart and blood vessels; cardiovascular

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cardiovascular is 心血管 (xīn xuè guǎn), defined as: (anatomy) heart and blood vessels; cardiovascular.

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Characters and stroke order

心 xīn
heart; mind; soul
radical 61 ⼼ · 4 strokes
血 xuè
blood
radical 143 ⾎ · 6 strokes
管 guǎn
tube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
radical 118 ⽵ · 14 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 心血管.

WordPinyinMeaning
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
担心 (擔心)dān xīnanxious; worried
关心 (關心)guān xīnto be concerned about; to care about
核心hé xīncore; nucleus
开心 (開心)kāi xīnto feel happy; to rejoice
心里 (心裡)xīn lichest; heart; mind
血液xuè yèblood; (fig.) lifeblood
血腥xuè xīngreeking of blood; bloody (events)
管理guǎn lǐto supervise; to manage

See also: Japanese symbol for “cardiovascular”.

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.