血 xuè
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 血 — blood
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
血缘
xuèyuán
blood relationship; consanguinity
Characters in this word
缘 yuán
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 彖 hog, hedgehog, porcupine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 在现代社会，亲密关系未必完全由血缘决定，也可能源于共同经历。 Zài xiàndài shèhuì, qīnmì guānxì wèibì wánquán yóu xuèyuán juédìng, yě kěnéng yuányú gòngtóng jīnglì. In modern society, intimate relationships are not necessarily determined entirely by blood ties; they may also arise from shared experience.
- 他们虽然血缘很远，感情却像亲兄弟一样。 Tāmen suīrán xuèyuán hěn yuǎn, gǎnqíng què xiàng qīn xiōngdì yīyàng. Although they are only distantly related, they are as close as real brothers.
- 领养的孩子和养父母之间没有血缘关系。 Lǐngyǎng de háizi hé yǎng fùmǔ zhījiān méiyǒu xuèyuán guānxì. There is no blood relationship between an adopted child and the adoptive parents.
Related words
- 血 xuè blood
- 血管 xuèguǎn blood vessel
- 血型 xuèxíng blood type
- 血压 xuèyā blood pressure
- 血液 xuèyè blood
- 高血压 gāoxuèyā high blood pressure; hypertension
- 流血 liúxuè to shed blood; bloodshed
- 输血 shūxuè to transfuse blood; to provide vital support
- 鲜血 xiānxuè fresh blood; blood
- 心血 xīnxuè painstaking effort; hard work
- 血脉 xuèmài blood vessels; lineage
- 一针见血 yìzhēnjiànxiě to hit the nail on the head; incisive