剤

See also: 劑 and 剂

剤 U+5264, 剤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5264 ← 剣 [U+5263] CJK Unified Ideographs 剥 → [U+5265]

Translingual

Traditional	劑
Shinjitai	剤
Simplified	剂

Han character

剤 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 難卜中中弓 (XYLLN) or 卜中中弓 (YLLN), composition ⿰斉刂)

1. medicinal preparation

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 141, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2076
• Dae Jaweon: page 321, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 345, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5264

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 劑 (齊 → 斉).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 剤 – see 劑 (“to trim; to prune; to adjust; to make up; to concoct; etc.”). (This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified form of 劑).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	剤
Kyūjitai	劑

Kanji

剤

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 劑)

Readings

• Go-on: ざい (zai, Jōyō); すい (sui)
• Kan-on: すい (sui); せい (sei)
• Kun: そろえる (soroeru); まぜる (mazeru, 剤ぜる)

Compounds

• 解(げ)毒(どく)剤(ざい) (gedokuzai)
• 幻(げん)覚(かく)剤(ざい) (genkakuzai)
• 漂(ひょう)白(はく)剤(ざい) (hyōhakuzai)
• 薬(やく)剤(ざい) (yakuzai)
• 薬(やく)剤(ざい)師(し) (yakuzaishi)

Suffix

剤(ざい) • (-zai) 

1. agent, chemical substance
2. drug, medicine
3. dose