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Chinese symbol for “neurosurgery”

神经外科
shén jīng wài kē
Traditional: 神經外科
neurosurgery

The closest CC-CEDICT match for neurosurgery is 神经外科 (shén jīng wài kē), defined as: neurosurgery.

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Characters and stroke order

神 shén
god, spirit; divine, mysterious, supernatural
radical 113 ⽰ · 10 strokes
经 jīng
the classics; to experience, to undergo
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes
外 wài
out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
radical 36 ⼣ · 5 strokes
科 kē
section, department; field, branch; science
radical 115 ⽲ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 神经外科.

WordPinyinMeaning
精神jīng shénspirit; mind
神秘shén mìmysterious; mystery
女神nǚ shéngoddess; nymph
神经 (神經)shén jīngnerve; mental state
神话 (神話)shén huàlegend; fairy tale
已经 (已經)yǐ jīngalready
经济 (經濟)jīng jìeconomy; economic
经过 (經過)jīng guòto pass; to go through
另外lìng wàiadditional; in addition
科技kē jìscience and technology

See also: Japanese symbol for “neurosurgery”.

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.