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Chinese symbol for “dentistry”

牙科
yá kē
dentistry

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dentistry is 牙科 (yá kē), defined as: dentistry.

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

牙 yá
tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated
radical 92 ⽛ · 4 strokes
科 kē
section, department; field, branch; science
radical 115 ⽲ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 牙科.

WordPinyinMeaning
牙齿 (牙齒)yá chǐtooth; dental
牙膏yá gāotoothpaste; measure word: 管 (guǎn)
象牙xiàng yáivory; elephant tusk
牙医 (牙醫)yá yīdentist
刷牙shuā yáto brush one's teeth
科技kē jìscience and technology
科学 (科學)kē xuéscience; scientific knowledge
科学家 (科學家)kē xué jiāscientist

See also: Japanese symbol for “dentistry”.

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.