Chinese symbol for “hives”
荨麻疹
xún má zhěn
Traditional: 蕁麻疹
urticaria; nettle rash; hives
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hives is 荨麻疹 (xún má zhěn), defined as: urticaria; nettle rash; hives.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 荨麻疹.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荨麻 (蕁麻) | qián má | nettle; also pr. [xun2ma2] |
| 异株荨麻 (異株蕁麻) | yì zhū qián má | common nettle (Urtica dioica) |
| 麻烦 (麻煩) | má fan | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying |
| 大麻 | dà má | hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis |
| 麻将 (麻將) | má jiàng | mahjong; measure word: 局 (jú), 副 (fù) |
| 麻醉 | má zuì | anesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality) |
| 麻木 | má mù | numb; insensitive |
| 麻雀 | má què | sparrow; (dialect) mahjong |
| 疱疹 (皰疹) | pào zhěn | blister; bleb (watery blister) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hives”.
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.