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Chinese symbol for “hematopoietic”

造血
zào xuè
(physiology) to produce blood; hematopoietic; (fig.) to become self-sustaining through internally generated resources

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hematopoietic is 造血 (zào xuè), defined as: (physiology) to produce blood; hematopoietic; (fig.) to become self-sustaining through internally generated resources.

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Characters and stroke order

造 zào
to build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture
radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes
血 xuè
blood
radical 143 ⾎ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 造血.

WordPinyinMeaning
造成zào chéngto bring about; to create; to cause
创造 (創造)chuàng zàoto create; to bring about
制造 (製造)zhì zàoto manufacture; to make
建造jiàn zàoto construct; to build
改造gǎi zàoto transform; to reform
打造dǎ zàoto forge (metal); (fig.) to create; to build; to develop
血液xuè yèblood; (fig.) lifeblood
血腥xuè xīngreeking of blood; bloody (events)

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.