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Chinese symbol for “meningitis”

脑膜炎
nǎo mó yán
Traditional: 腦膜炎
meningitis

The closest CC-CEDICT match for meningitis is 脑膜炎 (nǎo mó yán), defined as: meningitis.

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

脑 nǎo
brain
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes
膜 mó
membrane, film; to kneel and worship
radical 130 ⾁ · 14 strokes
炎 yán
flame, blaze; hot
radical 86 ⽕ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 脑膜炎.

WordPinyinMeaning
电脑 (電腦)diàn nǎocomputer; 台 (tái)
脑袋 (腦袋)nǎo daihead; skull
大脑 (大腦)dà nǎobrain; cerebrum
头脑 (頭腦)tóu nǎobrains; mind
脑子 (腦子)nǎo zibrains; mind
首脑 (首腦)shǒu nǎohead (of state); summit (meeting)
面膜miàn mófacial mask; cleanser
薄膜bó mómembrane; film
肺炎fèi yánpneumonia; inflammation of the lungs

See also: Japanese symbol for “meningitis”.

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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