Chinese symbol for “hernia”
疝
shàn
hernia
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hernia is 疝 (shàn), defined as: hernia.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hernia”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 疝.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疝气 (疝氣) | shàn qì | hernia |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hernia”.
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.