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Chinese symbol for “postoperative”

术后
shù hòu
Traditional: 術後
postoperative; after surgery

The closest CC-CEDICT match for postoperative is 术后 (shù hòu), defined as: postoperative; after surgery.

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

术 shù
skill, art; method, technique; trick
radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes
后 hòu
after; behind, rear; descendants
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 术后.

WordPinyinMeaning
技术 (技術)jì shùtechnology; technique; skill; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng),项 (xiàng)
艺术 (藝術)yì shùart
学术 (學術)xué shùlearning; science
手术 (手術)shǒu shù(surgical) operation; surgery
艺术家 (藝術家)yì shù jiāartist; 个 (gè),位 (wèi),名 (míng)
美术 (美術)měi shùart; fine arts
最后 (最後)zuì hòufinal; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
之后 (之後)zhī hòuafter; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then

See also: Japanese symbol for “postoperative”.

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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