血 — kanji meaning “blood”
血
blood
- Meanings
- blood
- On'yomi
- ケツ (ketsu)
- Kun'yomi
- ち
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #832 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 143
- Chinese reading
- xiě, xuè — Chinese character page
Words with 血
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 血液 | けつえき ketsueki | blood |
| 出血 | しゅっけつ shukketsu | bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage |
| 血管 | けっかん kekkan | blood vessel; vein |
| 血圧 | けつあつ ketsuatsu | blood pressure |
| 献血 | けんけつ kenketsu | blood donation |
| 貧血 | ひんけつ hinketsu | anemia; anaemia |
| 血縁 | けつえん ketsuen | blood relationship; consanguinity |
| 混血 | こんけつ konketsu | mixed race; mixed parentage |
| 吸血鬼 | きゅうけつき kyuuketsuki | vampire; bloodsucker |
| 流血 | りゅうけつ ryuuketsu | bloodshed |
| 血糖 | けっとう kettou | blood sugar |
| 鼻血 | はなぢ hanaji | nosebleed |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.