Chinese symbol for “vein”
血管
xuè guǎn
vein; artery; measure word: 根 (gēn)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vein is 血管 (xuè guǎn), defined as: vein; artery; measure word: 根 (gēn).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “vein”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 静脉 (靜脈) | jìng mài | vein |
| 脉 (脈) | mài | arteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc) |
| 阞 | lè | layer; vein |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 血管.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 血液 | xuè yè | blood; (fig.) lifeblood |
| 血腥 | xuè xīng | reeking of blood; bloody (events) |
| 流血 | liú xuè | to bleed; to shed blood |
| 血统 (血統) | xuè tǒng | blood relationship; lineage |
| 吸血鬼 | xī xuè guǐ | leech; bloodsucking vermin |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 尽管 (儘管) | jǐn guǎn | despite; although |
| 不管 | bù guǎn | not to be concerned; regardless of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vein”.
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.