Chinese Character Wiki
血

xuè

blood

Depicts a drop of blood in a container (皿).

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a drop of blood.

皿 iconic component

皿  Iconic component

mǐn

  

dish

Evolution

血 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
血 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
血 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
血 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

血  

xuè

blood; radical number 143; colloquial pr. [xiě]; CL:滴[dī],片[piàn]

Most common words with 血
Freq.
Word
Meaning

血

blood

血液

blood

吸血鬼

leech

血管

vein

流血

to bleed

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

衊 衅 衄

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

恤 洫 裇

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m̥ˤik

xwet

xuè

blood


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 57.6806% of movies

459th most common character in movies

658th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+8840

Shuowen

“血，祭所薦牲血也。从皿，一象血形。”


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