Chinese symbol for “hepatitis”
肝炎
gān yán
hepatitis
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hepatitis is 肝炎 (gān yán), defined as: hepatitis.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肝炎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肝脏 (肝臟) | gān zàng | liver |
| 肝癌 | gān ái | liver cancer |
| 心肝 | xīn gān | darling; (in negative sentences) heart |
| 乙肝 | yǐ gān | hepatitis B |
| 肝硬化 | gān yìng huà | cirrhosis |
| 肺炎 | fèi yán | pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs |
| 炎热 (炎熱) | yán rè | blistering hot; sizzling hot (weather) |
| 发炎 (發炎) | fā yán | to become inflamed; inflammation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hepatitis”.
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.