Chinese symbol for “flu”

流感

liú gǎn

flu; influenza

The closest CC-CEDICT match for flu is 流感 (liú gǎn), defined as: flu; influenza.

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

流 liú

to flow, to drift, to circulate; class

radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes

感 gǎn

to affect, to move, to touch; to perceive, to sense

radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 流感.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
交流	jiāo liú	to exchange; exchange
流行	liú xíng	(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
主流	zhǔ liú	main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point
流动 (流動)	liú dòng	to flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid
流量	liú liàng	flow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic; (hydrology) discharge
流通	liú tōng	to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
感觉 (感覺)	gǎn jué	feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
感到	gǎn dào	to feel; to sense; to perceive

See also: Japanese symbol for “flu”.

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.