血
xuèTraditional: 血
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Translation
blood
Word origin
An ideographic character showing a drop or offering of blood above 皿 (mǐn), a sacrificial vessel, depicting blood collected in a dish.
- Origin
- ideographic
- Root
- 丿 (drop) + 皿 (vessel)
Stroke order
血
Examples
。
His hand is bleeding.
。
She gets frightened at the sight of blood.
。
The hospital needs more blood.
，缘。
They are blood brothers, related by blood.
口。
The wound bled a lot.
血 (xuè) means blood. It is a noun for the blood in the body.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 血.
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