Chinese symbol for “hemoglobin”
血红蛋白
xuè hóng dàn bái
Traditional: 血紅蛋白
hemoglobin
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hemoglobin is 血红蛋白 (xuè hóng dàn bái), defined as: hemoglobin.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hemoglobin”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 血色素 | xuè sè sù | hematin (blood pigment); heme |
| 血红素 (血紅素) | xuè hóng sù | (biochemistry) heme; (Tw) hemoglobin |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 血红蛋白.
| 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 |
| 蛋糕 | dàn gāo | cake; 块 (kuài),个 (gè) |
| 明白 | míng bai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hemoglobin”.
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.