Chinese symbol for “inflammation”
炎症
yán zhèng
inflammation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inflammation is 炎症 (yán zhèng), defined as: inflammation.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “inflammation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炎 | yán | flame; inflammation |
| 发炎 (發炎) | fā yán | to become inflamed; inflammation |
| 焮 | xìn | heat; flame |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 炎症.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肺炎 | fèi yán | pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs |
| 炎热 (炎熱) | yán rè | blistering hot; sizzling hot (weather) |
| 肝炎 | gān yán | hepatitis |
| 发炎 (發炎) | fā yán | to become inflamed; inflammation |
| 关节炎 (關節炎) | guān jié yán | arthritis |
| 症状 (症狀) | zhèng zhuàng | symptom (of an illness) |
| 癌症 | ái zhèng | cancer |
| 综合症 (綜合症) | zōng hé zhèng | syndrome |
See also: Japanese symbol for “inflammation”.
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.