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Chinese symbol for “anatomy”

解剖学
jiě pōu xué
Traditional: 解剖學
anatomy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for anatomy is 解剖学 (jiě pōu xué), defined as: anatomy.

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Characters and stroke order

解 jiě
to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
radical 148 ⾓ · 13 strokes
剖 pōu
to bisect, to dissect, to slice
radical 18 ⼑ · 10 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “anatomy”

WordPinyinMeaning
解剖jiě pōuto dissect (an animal); to analyze

Related words

Other words that share a character with 解剖学.

WordPinyinMeaning
了解liǎo jiěto understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out
解决 (解決)jiě juéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
解释 (解釋)jiě shìexplanation; to explain
理解lǐ jiěto comprehend; to understand
解放jiě fàngto liberate; to emancipate
解剖jiě pōuto dissect (an animal); to analyze
剖析pōu xīto analyze; to dissect
剖腹产 (剖腹產)pōu fù chǎncesarean birth
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild

See also: Japanese symbol for “anatomy”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.