Chinese symbol for “pancreas”
胰腺
yí xiàn
pancreas
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pancreas is 胰腺 (yí xiàn), defined as: pancreas.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “pancreas”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胰 | yí | pancreas |
| 胰脏 (胰臟) | yí zàng | pancreas |
| 胰子 | yí zi | pancreas (of a domestic animal); (dialect) soap |
| 膵 | cuì | pancreas |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胰腺.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胰岛素 (胰島素) | yí dǎo sù | insulin |
| 胰脏 (胰臟) | yí zàng | pancreas |
| 胰岛 (胰島) | yí dǎo | (anatomy) pancreatic islets; islets of Langerhans |
| 胰腺炎 | yí xiàn yán | pancreatitis |
| 胰液 | yí yè | pancreatic fluid |
| 乳腺癌 | rǔ xiàn ái | breast cancer |
| 甲状腺 (甲狀腺) | jiǎ zhuàng xiàn | (anatomy) thyroid gland |
| 前列腺 | qián liè xiàn | prostate gland |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pancreas”.
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.