Chinese symbol for “ophthalmology”
眼科
yǎn kē
(department of) ophthalmology
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ophthalmology is 眼科 (yǎn kē), defined as: (department of) ophthalmology.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ophthalmology”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 眼科.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼睛 | yǎn jing | eye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng) |
| 眼前 | yǎn qián | before one's eyes; now |
| 眼泪 (眼淚) | yǎn lèi | tear; teardrop; measure word: 滴 (dī) |
| 眼中 | yǎn zhōng | in (sb's) eyes |
| 眼镜 (眼鏡) | yǎn jìng | spectacles; eyeglasses |
| 眼光 | yǎn guāng | gaze; insight |
| 科技 | kē jì | science and technology |
| 科学 (科學) | kē xué | science; scientific knowledge |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ophthalmology”.
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.