血余炭

血餘炭
xuèyútàn

Carbonised or charred human hair. (A prepared substance used in traditional Chinese medicine to arrest bleeding.)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 血 xiě see 血 xuè
=1 血 xuè
  1. blood
  2. colloquial pr. xiě

classifiers: 滴, 片
=2 余 Yú surname Yu
=2 余 yú
  1. (literary) I; me
  2. variant of 余 yú
=2 余 yú
  1. extra
  2. surplus
  3. remaining
  4. remainder after division
  5. (following numerical value) or more
  6. in excess of (some number)
  7. residue (math.)
  8. after
  9. I
  10. me
3 炭 tàn
  1. wood charcoal
  2. coal