漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
医: doctor, medicine
JLPT N47 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
- 匸(meaning)
- 矢arrow(form)
匸 carries the meaning · 矢 is drawn in
7 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
イi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 医者いしゃdoctor (medical)
- 医師いしdoctor (medical)
- 医療いりょうmedical care
- 医学いがくmedical science
- 医院いいんclinic
- 医薬品いやくひんmedical supplies
- 獣医じゅういveterinarian
- 歯科医しかいdentist
Also read いやす, いする, くすし, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)殹 (sound) + 酉 liquor (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 醫 (rev. 91814655), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Put it safely in the box! This radical represents a container designed to keep its contents secure and out of the way.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
匸
Also built on 匸
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side医 doctor · 匸
vs侯 marquis · 亻In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 醫 · yī
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 医. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 醫.
- Simplified
- 医 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 醫 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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