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Chinese symbol for “tb”

肺结核
fèi jié hé
Traditional: 肺結核
pulmonary tuberculosis; TB

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tb is 肺结核 (fèi jié hé), defined as: pulmonary tuberculosis; TB.

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
结 jié
knot, tie; to connect, to join
radical 120 ⽷ · 9 strokes
核 hé
core, kernel; nut, seed; atom
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 肺结核.

WordPinyinMeaning
肺炎fèi yánpneumonia; inflammation of the lungs
肺癌fèi áilung cancer
心肺xīn fèithe heart and lungs; cardiopulmonary
肺病fèi bìnglung disease
撕心裂肺sī xīn liè fèiin unbearable anguish; agonizing
结果 (結果)jiē guǒto bear fruit
结束 (結束)jié shùto end; to finish; to conclude
结构 (結構)jié gòustructure; composition
核心hé xīncore; nucleus

See also: Japanese symbol for “tb”.

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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