Chinese symbol for “myopic”

近视

jìn shì

Traditional: 近視

myopic; nearsighted; (fig.) shortsighted

The closest CC-CEDICT match for myopic is 近视 (jìn shì), defined as: myopic; nearsighted; (fig.) shortsighted.

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Characters and stroke order

近 jìn

to approach; near, close; intimate

radical 162 ⾡ · 8 strokes

视 shì

to look at, to inspect, to observe, to regard

radical 113 ⽰ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

視 shì

Other Chinese words for “myopic”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
短视 (短視)	duǎn shì	(usually fig.) shortsighted; myopic

Related words

Other words that share a character with 近视.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
最近	zuì jìn	recently; soon
附近	fù jìn	nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
接近	jiē jìn	to approach; to get close to
近期	jìn qī	near in time; in the near future
近日	jìn rì	(in) the past few days; recently
近年来 (近年來)	jìn nián lái	for the past few years
视频 (視頻)	shì pín	video
电视 (電視)	diàn shì	television; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù)

See also: Japanese symbol for “myopic”.

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.