Chinese symbol for “scalpel”
解剖刀
jiě pōu dāo
scalpel
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scalpel is 解剖刀 (jiě pōu dāo), defined as: scalpel.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 解剖刀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 了解 | liǎo jiě | to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out |
| 解决 (解決) | jiě jué | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) |
| 解释 (解釋) | jiě shì | explanation; to explain |
| 理解 | lǐ jiě | to comprehend; to understand |
| 解放 | jiě fàng | to liberate; to emancipate |
| 解剖 | jiě pōu | to dissect (an animal); to analyze |
| 剖析 | pōu xī | to analyze; to dissect |
| 解剖学 (解剖學) | jiě pōu xué | anatomy |
| 刀子 | dāo zi | knife; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scalpel”.
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.