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Chinese symbol for “ophthalmologist”

眼科医生
yǎn kē yī shēng
Traditional: 眼科醫生
ophthalmologist; eye doctor

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ophthalmologist is 眼科医生 (yǎn kē yī shēng), defined as: ophthalmologist; eye doctor.

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

眼 yǎn
eyelet, hole, opening
radical 109 ⽬ · 11 strokes
科 kē
section, department; field, branch; science
radical 115 ⽲ · 9 strokes
医 yī
to cure, to heal, to treat; doctor; medicine
radical 23 ⼖ · 7 strokes
生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 眼科医生.

WordPinyinMeaning
眼睛yǎn jingeye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng)
眼前yǎn qiánbefore one's eyes; now
眼泪 (眼淚)yǎn lèitear; teardrop; measure word: 滴 (dī)
眼中yǎn zhōngin (sb's) eyes
眼镜 (眼鏡)yǎn jìngspectacles; eyeglasses
眼光yǎn guānggaze; insight
科技kē jìscience and technology
科学 (科學)kē xuéscience; scientific knowledge
医院 (醫院)yī yuànhospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò)
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")

See also: Japanese symbol for “ophthalmologist”.

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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