Chinese symbol for “gland”
腺
xiàn
gland
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gland is 腺 (xiàn), defined as: gland.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “gland”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 腺.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乳腺癌 | rǔ xiàn ái | breast cancer |
| 甲状腺 (甲狀腺) | jiǎ zhuàng xiàn | (anatomy) thyroid gland |
| 前列腺 | qián liè xiàn | prostate gland |
| 肾上腺素 (腎上腺素) | shèn shàng xiàn sù | adrenaline |
| 乳腺 | rǔ xiàn | mammary gland |
| 肾上腺 (腎上腺) | shèn shàng xiàn | adrenal glands |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gland”.
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.