Chinese symbol for “health”
健康
jiàn kāng
health; healthy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for health is 健康 (jiàn kāng), defined as: health; healthy.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “health”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卫 (衛) | wèi | to guard; to protect |
| 身子 | shēn zi | body; pregnancy |
| 身子骨 | shēn zi gǔ | (coll.) physique; physical constitution; health |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 健康.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 健全 | jiàn quán | robust; sound |
| 保健 | bǎo jiàn | health protection; health care |
| 健身 | jiàn shēn | to exercise; to keep fit |
| 稳健 (穩健) | wěn jiàn | firm; stable and steady |
| 健身房 | jiàn shēn fáng | gym; fitness club |
| 康复 (康復) | kāng fù | to recuperate; to recover (health) |
| 小康 | xiǎo kāng | moderately affluent; well-off |
| 安康 | ān kāng | good health |
See also: Japanese symbol for “health”.
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.