Chinese symbol for “surgery”
外科
wài kē
surgery (branch of medicine)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for surgery is 外科 (wài kē), defined as: surgery (branch of medicine).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “surgery”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 外科手术 (外科手術) | wài kē shǒu shù | surgery |
| 外科学 (外科學) | wài kē xué | surgery |
| 手术 (手術) | shǒu shù | (surgical) operation; surgery |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 外科.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional; in addition |
| 此外 | cǐ wài | besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore |
| 外国 (外國) | wài guó | foreign country |
| 国外 (國外) | guó wài | abroad; external (affairs) |
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 之外 | zhī wài | outside; excluding |
| 科技 | kē jì | science and technology |
| 科学 (科學) | kē xué | science; scientific knowledge |
See also: Japanese symbol for “surgery”.
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.