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Chinese symbol for “cirrhosis”

肝硬化
gān yìng huà
cirrhosis

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cirrhosis is 肝硬化 (gān yìng huà), defined as: cirrhosis.

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Characters and stroke order

肝 gān
liver
radical 130 ⾁ · 7 strokes
硬 yìng
firm, hard, strong; obstinate
radical 112 ⽯ · 12 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 肝硬化.

WordPinyinMeaning
肝脏 (肝臟)gān zàngliver
肝炎gān yánhepatitis
肝癌gān áiliver cancer
心肝xīn gāndarling; (in negative sentences) heart
乙肝yǐ gānhepatitis B
硬件yìng jiànhardware
硬币 (硬幣)yìng bìcoin; measure word: 枚 (méi)
强硬 (強硬)qiáng yìngtough; unyielding
文化wén huàculture; civilization

See also: Japanese symbol for “cirrhosis”.

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.