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Chinese symbol for “glaucoma”

青光眼
qīng guāng yǎn
glaucoma

The closest CC-CEDICT match for glaucoma is 青光眼 (qīng guāng yǎn), defined as: glaucoma.

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Characters and stroke order

青 qīng
nature's color; blue, green, black; young
radical 174 ⾭ · 8 strokes
光 guāng
light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
radical 10 ⼉ · 6 strokes
眼 yǎn
eyelet, hole, opening
radical 109 ⽬ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 青光眼.

WordPinyinMeaning
青年qīng niányouth; youthful years
青少年qīng shào niánadolescent; youth
青春qīng chūnyouth; youthfulness
青睐 (青睞)qīng lài(literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in; (favorable) attention; favor
青蛙qīng wāfrog (只 (zhī)); (old) (slang) ugly guy
青铜 (青銅)qīng tóngbronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 锡 (xī))
阳光 (陽光)yáng guāngsunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic
曝光bào guāngto expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal)
眼睛yǎn jingeye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “glaucoma”.

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.