血

xuè

x+üè·4th tone

blood · colloquial pr. xiě

Radical: 血 Strokes: 6 HSK 3

Structure: Single componentFrequency: Common

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Character Decomposition

血=丿+皿

Etymology

A chalice 皿 filled with blood 丿

Meanings

blood

colloquial pr. xiě

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xuè

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Words with 血 547 total

to bleed; bleeding · (fig.) to spend money in large amounts出血chū xuè to improve blood circulation (Chinese medicine)活血huó xuè hyperemia (increase in blood flow) · blood congestion充血chōng xuè flesh and blood · one's offspring骨血gǔ xuè to cough up blood咳血ké xiě (of animals) hybrid; (of people) mixed-blood; mixed-race混血hùn xuè anemia贫血pín xuè to lose blood · to hemorrhage · (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc)失血shī xuè to transfuse blood · to give aid and support输血shū xuè to cough up blood; to have hemoptysis咯血kǎ xiě bloodthirsty · bloodsucking · hemophile嗜血shì xuè to smear one's lips with the blood of a sacrifice as a means of pledging allegiance (old)歃血shà xuè to cough up blood · (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc)吐血tù xiě qi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine)气血qì xuè hot blood · warm-blooded (animal) · endothermic (physiology)热血rè xuè iron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict · (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die铁血tiě xuè

Idioms with 血 100 total Chain

lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory兵不血刃bīng bù xuè rèn massacre刀光血影dāo guāng xuè yǐng lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom) · fig. extreme grief杜鹃啼血dù juān tí xuè

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