Chinese symbol for “hypothalamus”
下丘脑
xià qiū nǎo
Traditional: 下丘腦
hypothalamus (anatomy)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hypothalamus is 下丘脑 (xià qiū nǎo), defined as: hypothalamus (anatomy).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hypothalamus”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 下丘脑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly |
| 以下 | yǐ xià | that level or lower; that amount or less |
| 下来 (下來) | xià lai | to come down; (completed action marker) |
| 下载 (下載) | xià zǎi | to download; also pr. [xia4zai4] |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon; 个 (gè) |
| 下去 | xià qù | to go down; to descend |
| 丘陵 | qiū líng | hills |
| 山丘 | shān qiū | hill |
| 电脑 (電腦) | diàn nǎo | computer; 台 (tái) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hypothalamus”.
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.