Chinese symbol for “menstruation”
月经
yuè jīng
Traditional: 月經
menstruation; a woman's period
The closest CC-CEDICT match for menstruation is 月经 (yuè jīng), defined as: menstruation; a woman's period.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “menstruation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 那个 (那個) | nà ge | that one; that thing |
| 经 (經) | jīng | classics; sacred book |
| 经血 (經血) | jīng xuè | menstruation (TCM) |
| 老朋友 | lǎo péng you | old friend; (slang) period |
| 行经 (行經) | xíng jīng | to pass by; menstruation |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 月经.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 月份 | yuè fèn | month |
| 每月 | měi yuè | each month |
| 月底 | yuè dǐ | end of the month |
| 月亮 | yuè liang | the moon |
| 月初 | yuè chū | start of month; early in the month |
| 岁月 (歲月) | suì yuè | years; time |
| 已经 (已經) | yǐ jīng | already |
| 经济 (經濟) | jīng jì | economy; economic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “menstruation”.
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.