Chinese symbol for “lancet”
柳叶刀
liǔ yè dāo
Traditional: 柳葉刀
lancet (surgeon's knife)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lancet is 柳叶刀 (liǔ yè dāo), defined as: lancet (surgeon's knife).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 柳叶刀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柳树 (柳樹) | liǔ shù | willow |
| 杨柳 (楊柳) | yáng liǔ | willow tree; poplar and willow |
| 柳条 (柳條) | liǔ tiáo | willow twig; osier; wicker |
| 柳絮 | liǔ xù | willow catkin |
| 垂柳 | chuí liǔ | weeping willow (Salix babylonica) |
| 柳橙汁 | liǔ chéng zhī | (Tw) orange juice |
| 茶叶 (茶葉) | chá yè | tea; tea leaves |
| 叶子 (葉子) | yè zi | leaf (CL:片 (piàn)); (slang) marijuana |
| 刀子 | dāo zi | knife; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lancet”.
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.