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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “optometry”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 验光法 (驗光法) | yàn guāng fǎ | optometry; eyesight testing |
| 视力测定法 (視力測定法) | shì lì cè dìng fǎ | optometry; eyesight testing |
| 验光配镜业 (驗光配鏡業) | yàn guāng pèi jìng yè | optometry; eyesight testing |
| 验光配镜法 (驗光配鏡法) | yàn guāng pèi jìng fǎ | optometry; eyesight testing |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 验光.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 经验 (經驗) | jīng yàn | experience; to go through; to experience |
| 实验 (實驗) | shí yàn | experiment; test |
| 体验 (體驗) | tǐ yàn | to experience for oneself |
| 试验 (試驗) | shì yàn | experiment; test |
| 实验室 (實驗室) | shí yàn shì | laboratory; 间 (jiān) |
| 检验 (檢驗) | jiǎn yàn | to inspect; to examine |
| 阳光 (陽光) | yáng guāng | sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic |
| 曝光 | bào guāng | to 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.