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Chinese symbol for “cornea”

角膜
jiǎo mó
cornea

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cornea is 角膜 (jiǎo mó), defined as: cornea.

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

角 jiǎo
angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
radical 148 ⾓ · 7 strokes
膜 mó
membrane, film; to kneel and worship
radical 130 ⾁ · 14 strokes

Other Chinese words for “cornea”

WordPinyinMeaning
眼角膜yǎn jiǎo mócornea

Related words

Other words that share a character with 角膜.

WordPinyinMeaning
角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
角度jiǎo dùangle; (fig.) point of view
主角zhǔ juéleading role; lead; protagonist
角落jiǎo luòcorner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook
视角 (視角)shì jiǎoangle from which one observes an object; (fig.) perspective; viewpoint; frame of reference
三角sān jiǎotriangle; (math.) trigonometry (abbr. for 三角学 (sān jiǎo xué))
面膜miàn mófacial mask; cleanser
薄膜bó mómembrane; film

See also: Japanese symbol for “cornea”.

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.

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