Japanese Word Entry
血沈| Kana: | けっちん |
| Romaji: | kecchin |
| Definition: | sedimentation (rate) of blood cells |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 血 | blood, Kangxi radical 143 |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄒㄧㄝˇ (xiě), ㄒㄩㄝˋ (xuè) |
| Cantonese: | hyut3 |
| Japanese: | ケツ (ketsu) / ち (chi) |
| Korean: | 혈 (hyeol) |
| Vietnamese: | huyết |
| 沈 | sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes, submerge, addicted to, surname |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄔㄣˊ (chén), ㄕㄣˇ (shěn), ㄊㄢˊ (tán) |
| Cantonese: | sam2 |
| Japanese: | チン (chin)、 ジン (jin)、 シン (shin) / しず.む (shizumu)、 しず.める (shizumeru) |
| Korean: | 침 (chim), 심 (sim) |
| Vietnamese: | trầm, thẩm, trấm, đắm |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 沉 |
| Semantic variant form: | 沉 |