King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “anesthesiology”

麻醉学
má zuì xué
Traditional: 麻醉學
anesthesiology

The closest CC-CEDICT match for anesthesiology is 麻醉学 (má zuì xué), defined as: anesthesiology.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

麻 má
hemp, flax, sesame; numb
radical 200 ⿇ · 11 strokes
醉 zuì
intoxicated, drunk; addicted
radical 164 ⾣ · 15 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 麻醉学.

WordPinyinMeaning
麻烦 (麻煩)má fantrouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
大麻dà máhemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis
麻将 (麻將)má jiàngmahjong; measure word: 局 (jú), 副 (fù)
麻醉má zuìanesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality)
麻木má mùnumb; insensitive
麻雀má quèsparrow; (dialect) mahjong
喝醉hē zuìto get drunk
陶醉táo zuìto be infatuated with; to be drunk with; to be enchanted with; to revel in
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild

See also: Japanese symbol for “anesthesiology”.

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.