Chinese symbol for “cataract”
白内障
bái nèi zhàng
Traditional: 白內障
cataract (ophthalmology)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cataract is 白内障 (bái nèi zhàng), defined as: cataract (ophthalmology).
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cataract”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 翳眼 | yì yǎn | cataract |
| 翳 | yì | feather screen; to screen |
| 悬河 (懸河) | xuán hé | "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain); (literary) waterfall |
| 白翳 | bái yì | opacity of the cornea (in TCM); cataract |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 白内障.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 明白 | míng bai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable |
| 白色 | bái sè | white; fig. reactionary |
| 白人 | bái rén | white man or woman; Caucasian |
| 白天 | bái tiān | daytime; during the day |
| 白痴 | bái chī | idiocy; idiot |
| 空白 | kòng bái | blank space |
| 内容 (內容) | nèi róng | content; substance; details; 项 (xiàng) |
| 国内 (國內) | guó nèi | domestic; internal (to a country) |
| 保障 | bǎo zhàng | to ensure; to guarantee |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cataract”.
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.