Chinese symbol for “tartar”
牙石
yá shí
dental calculus; tartar
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tartar is 牙石 (yá shí), defined as: dental calculus; tartar.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tartar”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 牙石.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牙齿 (牙齒) | yá chǐ | tooth; dental |
| 牙膏 | yá gāo | toothpaste; measure word: 管 (guǎn) |
| 象牙 | xiàng yá | ivory; elephant tusk |
| 牙医 (牙醫) | yá yī | dentist |
| 刷牙 | shuā yá | to brush one's teeth |
| 牙科 | yá kē | dentistry |
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil; petroleum |
| 石头 (石頭) | shí tou | stone; 块 (kuài) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tartar”.
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.