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Chinese symbol for “osteoarthritis”

骨关节炎
gǔ guān jié yán
Traditional: 骨關節炎
osteoarthritis

The closest CC-CEDICT match for osteoarthritis is 骨关节炎 (gǔ guān jié yán), defined as: osteoarthritis.

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

骨 gǔ
bone; skeleton; frame, framework
radical 188 ⾻ · 10 strokes
关 guān
frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
radical 12 ⼋ · 6 strokes
节 jié
festival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to save
radical 140 ⾋ · 6 strokes
炎 yán
flame, blaze; hot
radical 86 ⽕ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 骨关节炎.

WordPinyinMeaning
骨头 (骨頭)gǔ toubone; measure word: 根 (gēn), 块 (kuài)
骨干 (骨幹)gǔ gàndiaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone
骨折gǔ zhéto suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break
骨骼gǔ gébones; skeleton
头骨 (頭骨)tóu gǔskull
骨灰gǔ huībone ash; cremation ashes; cremains
关系 (關係)guān xirelation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect
关于 (關於)guān yúpertaining to; concerning
节目 (節目)jié mù(TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event)
肺炎fèi yánpneumonia; inflammation of the lungs

See also: Japanese symbol for “osteoarthritis”.

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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