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血餅 (けっぺい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

血けっ餅ぺい

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Meanings

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noun

blood clot; clot

Medical and general term for a clotted mass of blood.

傷きず口ぐちに血けっ餅ぺいができている。
A blood clot has formed on the wound.

Kanji

血blood
餅mochi rice cake

Similar words

血けっ栓せん
血栓 refers specifically to a thrombus (blood clot inside a blood vessel), while 血餅 is a more general term for any clotted blood, including external clots.

Etymology

Compound of 血 (blood) and 餅 (mochi, rice cake), from the resemblance of a clot to a rice cake. The reading けっぺい is the on'yomi of the kanji.