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Chinese symbol for “serum”

血清
xuè qīng
serum; blood serum

The closest CC-CEDICT match for serum is 血清 (xuè qīng), defined as: serum; blood serum.

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Characters and stroke order

血 xuè
blood
radical 143 ⾎ · 6 strokes
清 qīng
clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 血清.

WordPinyinMeaning
血液xuè yèblood; (fig.) lifeblood
血腥xuè xīngreeking of blood; bloody (events)
流血liú xuèto bleed; to shed blood
血统 (血統)xuè tǒngblood relationship; lineage
血管xuè guǎnvein; artery
吸血鬼xī xuè guǐleech; bloodsucking vermin
清楚qīng chuclear; distinct
清理qīng lǐto clear up; to tidy up

See also: Japanese symbol for “serum”.

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.