Chinese symbol for “healer”
医家
yī jiā
Traditional: 醫家
healer; physician; medical man; doctor (esp. of TCM)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for healer is 医家 (yī jiā), defined as: healer; physician; medical man; doctor (esp. of TCM).
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 “healer”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 医家.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 医院 (醫院) | yī yuàn | hospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò) |
| 医疗 (醫療) | yī liáo | medical treatment |
| 医生 (醫生) | yī shēng | doctor; medical practitioner |
| 医学 (醫學) | yī xué | medicine; medical science |
| 医药 (醫藥) | yī yào | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug) |
| 医师 (醫師) | yī shī | doctor; physician |
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
See also: Japanese symbol for “healer”.
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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