Chinese symbol for “thymus”
胸腺
xiōng xiàn
thymus
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thymus is 胸腺 (xiōng xiàn), defined as: thymus.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胸腺.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胸部 | xiōng bù | chest; bosom |
| 胸口 | xiōng kǒu | chest |
| 胸前 | xiōng qián | (on the) chest; bosom |
| 胸罩 | xiōng zhào | brassiere (underwear); bra |
| 胸怀 (胸懷) | xiōng huái | one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast |
| 胸围 (胸圍) | xiōng wéi | chest measurement; bust |
| 乳腺癌 | rǔ xiàn ái | breast cancer |
| 甲状腺 (甲狀腺) | jiǎ zhuàng xiàn | (anatomy) thyroid gland |
See also: Japanese symbol for “thymus”.
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.