blood
On'yomi (音読み)
- ケツ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- ち
About this kanji
The kanji 血, pronounced "ketsu" in on'yomi and "chi" in kun'yomi, means blood. This character is often used in medical and biological contexts as it appears in compounds like 血液 (けつえき), which means blood, and 出血 (しゅっけつ), meaning bleeding. Another example is 流血 (りゅうけつ), which refers to bloodshed, and 血圧 (けつあつ), meaning blood pressure. It is also used in 血縁 (けつえん), which indicates a blood relationship, such as family ties. A useful note is that while 血 refers to blood, it is rarely used on its own outside these compounds.
Example sentences
血の繋がりは深いものだ。
Blood ties are deep.
Meanings across languages
- English
- blood
- Tiếng Việt
- máu
- 日本語
- 血液
- 한국어
- 피
- 中文
- 血液
- id
- darah
- th
- เลือด
- es
- sangre
- fr
- sang
- de
- Blut
- pt
- sangue
Common compounds
- 血液けつえきblood
- 出血しゅっけつbleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage
- 流血りゅうけつbloodshed
- 血圧けつあつblood pressure
- 血縁けつえんblood relationship, consanguinity, blood relative
- 血管けっかんblood vessel, vein
- 血痕けっこんbloodstain
- 献血けんけつblood donation
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