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Chinese symbol for “hepatitis”

肝炎
gān yán
hepatitis

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hepatitis is 肝炎 (gān yán), defined as: hepatitis.

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

肝 gān
liver
radical 130 ⾁ · 7 strokes
炎 yán
flame, blaze; hot
radical 86 ⽕ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 肝炎.

WordPinyinMeaning
肝脏 (肝臟)gān zàngliver
肝癌gān áiliver cancer
心肝xīn gāndarling; (in negative sentences) heart
乙肝yǐ gānhepatitis B
肝硬化gān yìng huàcirrhosis
肺炎fèi yánpneumonia; inflammation of the lungs
炎热 (炎熱)yán rèblistering hot; sizzling hot (weather)
发炎 (發炎)fā yánto 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.

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