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Chinese symbol for “pneumonia”

肺炎
fèi yán
pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pneumonia is 肺炎 (fèi yán), defined as: pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs.

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

肺 fèi
lungs
radical 130 ⾁ · 8 strokes
炎 yán
flame, blaze; hot
radical 86 ⽕ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 肺炎.

WordPinyinMeaning
肺癌fèi áilung cancer
肺结核 (肺結核)fèi jié hépulmonary tuberculosis; TB
心肺xīn fèithe heart and lungs; cardiopulmonary
肺病fèi bìnglung disease
撕心裂肺sī xīn liè fèiin unbearable anguish; agonizing
炎热 (炎熱)yán rèblistering hot; sizzling hot (weather)
肝炎gān yánhepatitis
发炎 (發炎)fā yánto become inflamed; inflammation

See also: Japanese symbol for “pneumonia”.

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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