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Chinese symbol for “chiropractic”

捏脊治疗
niē jǐ zhì liáo
Traditional: 捏脊治療
chiropractic (medicine)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for chiropractic is 捏脊治疗 (niē jǐ zhì liáo), defined as: chiropractic (medicine).

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

捏 niē
to knead, to mold, to pinch
radical 64 ⼿ · 10 strokes
脊 jǐ
spine, backbone; ridge
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes
治 zhì
to administer, to govern, to regulate
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes
疗 liáo
cured, healed; to recover
radical 104 ⽧ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “chiropractic”

WordPinyinMeaning
整脊学 (整脊學)zhěng jǐ xuéchiropractic
脊骨神经医学 (脊骨神經醫學)jǐ gǔ shén jīng yī xuéchiropractic

Related words

Other words that share a character with 捏脊治疗.

WordPinyinMeaning
捏造niē zàoto make up; to fabricate
拿捏ná niē(lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy
凭空捏造 (憑空捏造)píng kōng niē zàofabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
扭扭捏捏niǔ niǔ niē niēaffecting shyness or embarrassment; coy
捏碎niē suìto crush (sth) in one's hand
扭捏niǔ nieaffecting shyness or embarrassment; coy
脊椎jǐ zhuīvertebra; backbone
脊髓jǐ suǐspinal cord; medulla spinalis
政治zhèng zhìpolitics; political
医疗 (醫療)yī liáomedical treatment

See also: Japanese symbol for “chiropractic”.

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.