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Chinese symbol for “hypertension”

高血压
gāo xuè yā
Traditional: 高血壓
high blood pressure; hypertension

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hypertension is 高血压 (gāo xuè yā), defined as: high blood pressure; hypertension.

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

高 gāo
tall, lofty; high, elevated
radical 189 ⾼ · 10 strokes
血 xuè
blood
radical 143 ⾎ · 6 strokes
压 yā
press; oppress; crush; pressure
radical 27 ⼚ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “hypertension”

WordPinyinMeaning
过度紧张 (過度緊張)guò dù jǐn zhānghypertension; excessive stress

Related words

Other words that share a character with 高血压.

WordPinyinMeaning
最高zuì gāotallest; highest
提高tí gāoto raise; to increase
高兴 (高興)gāo xìnghappy; glad
高级 (高級)gāo jíhigh level; high grade
高度gāo dùheight; altitude
高中gāo zhōngsenior high school (abbr. for 高级中学 (gāo jí zhōng xué))
血液xuè yèblood; (fig.) lifeblood
血腥xuè xīngreeking of blood; bloody (events)
压力 (壓力)yā lìpressure

See also: Japanese symbol for “hypertension”.

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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