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Chinese symbol for “pediatrics”

儿科
ér kē
Traditional: 兒科
pediatrics

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pediatrics is 儿科 (ér kē), defined as: pediatrics.

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

儿 ér
son, child
radical 10 ⼉ · 2 strokes
科 kē
section, department; field, branch; science
radical 115 ⽲ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “pediatrics”

WordPinyinMeaning
小儿科 (小兒科)xiǎo ér kēpediatrics; pediatric (department)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 儿科.

WordPinyinMeaning
儿子 (兒子)ér zison
女儿 (女兒)nǚ érdaughter
儿童 (兒童)ér tóngchild
婴儿 (嬰兒)yīng érinfant; baby
哪儿 (哪兒)nǎ rwhere?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere
一会儿 (一會兒)yī huì ra moment; a while
科技kē jìscience and technology
科学 (科學)kē xuéscience; scientific knowledge

See also: Japanese symbol for “pediatrics”.

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.