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Chinese symbol for “inflammatory”

炎性
yán xìng
inflammatory (medicine)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for inflammatory is 炎性 (yán xìng), defined as: inflammatory (medicine).

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

炎 yán
flame, blaze; hot
radical 86 ⽕ · 8 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 炎性.

WordPinyinMeaning
肺炎fèi yánpneumonia; inflammation of the lungs
炎热 (炎熱)yán rèblistering hot; sizzling hot (weather)
肝炎gān yánhepatitis
发炎 (發炎)fā yánto become inflamed; inflammation
炎症yán zhènginflammation
关节炎 (關節炎)guān jié yánarthritis
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex
男性nán xìngthe male sex; a male

See also: Japanese symbol for “inflammatory”.

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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