Chinese symbol for “pediatric”
小儿科
xiǎo ér kē
Traditional: 小兒科
pediatrics; pediatric (department); sth of little importance; trifle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pediatric is 小儿科 (xiǎo ér kē), defined as: pediatrics; pediatric (department); sth of little importance; trifle; a child's play; (slang) childish.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 小儿科.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小时 (小時) | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 小说 (小說) | xiǎo shuō | novel; fiction |
| 小学 (小學) | xiǎo xué | elementary school; primary school |
| 小姐 | xiǎo jie | young lady; miss |
| 小组 (小組) | xiǎo zǔ | group |
| 小孩 | xiǎo hái | child; 个 (gè) |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 女儿 (女兒) | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 科技 | kē jì | science and technology |
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.