Chinese symbol for “heme”
血红素
xuè hóng sù
Traditional: 血紅素
(biochemistry) heme; (Tw) hemoglobin
The closest CC-CEDICT match for heme is 血红素 (xuè hóng sù), defined as: (biochemistry) heme; (Tw) hemoglobin.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “heme”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 血红素.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 血液 | xuè yè | blood; (fig.) lifeblood |
| 血腥 | xuè xīng | reeking of blood; bloody (events) |
| 流血 | liú xuè | to bleed; to shed blood |
| 血统 (血統) | xuè tǒng | blood relationship; lineage |
| 血管 | xuè guǎn | vein; artery |
| 吸血鬼 | xī xuè guǐ | leech; bloodsucking vermin |
| 红色 (紅色) | hóng sè | red (color); revolutionary |
| 红包 (紅包) | hóng bāo | money wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment |
| 因素 | yīn sù | element; factor |
See also: Japanese symbol for “heme”.
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.