Chinese symbol for “lung”
肺
fèi
lung; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lung is 肺 (fèi), defined as: lung; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肺.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肺炎 | fèi yán | pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs |
| 肺癌 | fèi ái | lung cancer |
| 肺结核 (肺結核) | fèi jié hé | pulmonary tuberculosis; TB |
| 心肺 | xīn fèi | the heart and lungs; cardiopulmonary |
| 肺病 | fèi bìng | lung disease |
| 撕心裂肺 | sī xīn liè fèi | in unbearable anguish; agonizing |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lung”.
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.