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Chinese symbol for “optometry”

验光
yàn guāng
Traditional: 驗光
optometry; to examine the eyes

The closest CC-CEDICT match for optometry is 验光 (yàn guāng), defined as: optometry; to examine the eyes.

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

验 yàn
to examine, to inspect, to test, to verify
radical 187 ⾺ · 10 strokes
光 guāng
light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
radical 10 ⼉ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “optometry”

WordPinyinMeaning
验光法 (驗光法)yàn guāng fǎoptometry; eyesight testing
视力测定法 (視力測定法)shì lì cè dìng fǎoptometry; eyesight testing
验光配镜业 (驗光配鏡業)yàn guāng pèi jìng yèoptometry; eyesight testing
验光配镜法 (驗光配鏡法)yàn guāng pèi jìng fǎoptometry; eyesight testing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 验光.

WordPinyinMeaning
经验 (經驗)jīng yànexperience; to go through; to experience
实验 (實驗)shí yànexperiment; test
体验 (體驗)tǐ yànto experience for oneself
试验 (試驗)shì yànexperiment; test
实验室 (實驗室)shí yàn shìlaboratory; 间 (jiān)
检验 (檢驗)jiǎn yànto inspect; to examine
阳光 (陽光)yáng guāngsunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic
曝光bào guāngto expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal)

See also: Japanese symbol for “optometry”.

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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