Chinese symbol for “veins”
青筋
qīng jīn
veins; blue veins
The closest CC-CEDICT match for veins is 青筋 (qīng jīn), defined as: veins; blue veins.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “veins”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 青筋.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青年 | qīng nián | youth; youthful years |
| 青少年 | qīng shào nián | adolescent; youth |
| 青春 | qīng chūn | youth; youthfulness |
| 青睐 (青睞) | qīng lài | (literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in; (favorable) attention; favor |
| 青蛙 | qīng wā | frog (只 (zhī)); (old) (slang) ugly guy |
| 青铜 (青銅) | qīng tóng | bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 锡 (xī)) |
| 钢筋 (鋼筋) | gāng jīn | steel reinforcing bar |
| 脑筋 (腦筋) | nǎo jīn | brains; mind |
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.