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Chinese symbol for “orthopedic”

矫形
jiǎo xíng
Traditional: 矯形
orthopedic (e.g. surgery)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for orthopedic is 矫形 (jiǎo xíng), defined as: orthopedic (e.g. surgery).

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Characters and stroke order

矫 jiǎo
to correct, to rectify, to straighten out
radical 111 ⽮ · 11 strokes
形 xíng
form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
radical 59 ⼺ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 矫形.

WordPinyinMeaning
矫正 (矯正)jiǎo zhèngto correct; to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision)
矫情 (矯情)jiáo qing(Beijing dialect) argumentative; unreasonable
矫治 (矯治)jiǎo zhìto correct (e.g. sight or hearing); to rectify
矫健 (矯健)jiǎo jiànstrong and healthy; vigorous
矫枉过正 (矯枉過正)jiǎo wǎng guò zhèngto overcorrect (idiom); to overcompensate
形成xíng chéngto form; to take shape
形式xíng shìouter appearance; form
形象xíng xiàngimage; form

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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