Chinese symbol for “hematoma”
瘀
yū
hematoma (internal blood clot); extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue); contusion
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hematoma is 瘀 (yū), defined as: hematoma (internal blood clot); extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue); contusion.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hematoma”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瘀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瘀伤 (瘀傷) | yū shāng | to become bruised; bruising |
| 瘀血 | yū xuè | clotted blood; extravasated blood (leaking into surrounding tissue) |
| 瘀斑 | yū bān | (medicine) ecchymosis; bruising |
| 祛瘀 | qū yū | to dispel blood stasis (TCM) |
| 瘀滞 (瘀滯) | yū zhì | (in Chinese medicine) stasis (of blood or other fluids) |
| 瘀青 | yū qīng | bruise; contusion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hematoma”.
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.