医

See also: 醫

医	U+533B, 医 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-533B

← 区
[U+533A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

匼 →
[U+533C]

Translingual

Japanese	医
Simplified	医
Traditional	醫

Stroke order

Han character

医 (radical 23 匸+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸人大 (SOK), composition ⿷匚矢)

Derived characters

殹, 悘, 𢟇, 𤻢, 𥏏, 𦑄, 𨯍, 𫑝, 𫧕, 𬙟, 𭬢, 𮡟

References

KangXi: page 155, character 5

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2680

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 85, character 3

Unihan data for U+533B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 医
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (医) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
鷖	*qiː
翳	qiː, qiːs
嫛	*qiː
黳	*qiː
繄	qiː, qiːs
医	*qiːs
嫕	*qiːs
蘙	*qiːs
瞖	*qiːs
殹	*qiːs
贀	*ɢʷis
醫	*qɯ
毉	*qɯ
蠮	*qiːɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 匸 (“that which hides; that which stores”) + 矢 (“arrow”).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		医

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ai³
  - Yale: ai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ei³
  - IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Middle Chinese: /ʔei^H/▼

Rime
Character	医
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	於計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛj^H/
Li Rong	/ʔei^H/
Wang Li	/iei^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔiei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*qiːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	医
Reading #	1/1
No.	15050
Phonetic component	医
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	翳
Old Chinese	/*qiːs/

Definitions

医

^† a tool for storing a bow and crossbow

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 医 – see 醫 (“medicinal; medicine; doctor; etc.”). (This character, 医, is the simplified form of 醫.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Simplified from 醫 (elimination of 殳 and 酉).

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)

Japanese

Shinjitai	医
Kyūjitai	醫

Kanji

医

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 醫)

doctor
medicine, the healing arts

Readings

Goon: い (i, Jōyō)
Kan’on: い (i, Jōyō)
Kun: いやす (iyasu, 医やす); くすし (kusushi, 医)

Compounds

医 (い)院 (いん) (iin)
医学 (いがく) (igaku)
医 (い)師 (し) (ishi)
医 (い)者 (しゃ) (isha)
医術 (いじゅつ) (ijutsu)
医薬 (いやく) (iyaku)
医 (い)療 (りょう) (iryō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
医
い Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Sinitic.

Noun

医 (hiragana い, rōmaji i)

medicine (vocation), healing, doctor, cure

Korean

Hanja

医 • (ye, ui) (hangeul 예, 의, revised ye, ui, McCune–Reischauer ye, ŭi)

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