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Chinese symbol for “parentage”

血统
xuè tǒng
Traditional: 血統
blood relationship; lineage; parentage

The closest CC-CEDICT match for parentage is 血统 (xuè tǒng), defined as: blood relationship; lineage; parentage.

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

血 xuè
blood
radical 143 ⾎ · 6 strokes
统 tǒng
to govern, to command; to gather, to unite
radical 120 ⽷ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 血统.

WordPinyinMeaning
血液xuè yèblood; (fig.) lifeblood
血腥xuè xīngreeking of blood; bloody (events)
流血liú xuèto bleed; to shed blood
血管xuè guǎnvein; artery
吸血鬼xī xuè guǐleech; bloodsucking vermin
系统 (系統)xì tǒngsystem; 个 (gè)
总统 (總統)zǒng tǒngpresident (of a country)
传统 (傳統)chuán tǒngtradition; traditional

See also: Japanese symbol for “parentage”.

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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