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Chinese symbol for “colitis”

结肠炎
jié cháng yán
Traditional: 結腸炎
colitis (medicine)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for colitis is 结肠炎 (jié cháng yán), defined as: colitis (medicine).

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Characters and stroke order

结 jié
knot, tie; to connect, to join
radical 120 ⽷ · 9 strokes
肠 cháng
intestines; emotions; sausage
radical 130 ⾁ · 7 strokes
炎 yán
flame, blaze; hot
radical 86 ⽕ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 结肠炎.

WordPinyinMeaning
结果 (結果)jiē guǒto bear fruit
结束 (結束)jié shùto end; to finish; to conclude
结构 (結構)jié gòustructure; composition
结合 (結合)jié héto combine; to link
结婚 (結婚)jié hūnto marry; to get married
肠道 (腸道)cháng dàointestines; gut
香肠 (香腸)xiāng chángsausage; measure word: 根 (gēn)
肠胃 (腸胃)cháng wèistomach and intestine; digestive system
肺炎fèi yánpneumonia; inflammation of the lungs

See also: Japanese symbol for “colitis”.

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.