See also:
U+91AB, 醫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91AB

[U+91AA]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+91AC]

Translingual edit

Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 164, +11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 尸水一金田 (SEMCW), four-corner 77601, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1287, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40006
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1787, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3595, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+91AB

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. *

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qɯ): phonetic (OC *qiːs) + semantic (liquor).

Alternatively, as an ideogrammic compound (會意会意): (to groan) + (liquor) – using medicinal liquor to treat a groaning patient.

Etymology edit

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs Old Chinese *ʔə and suggests it is cognate with Proto-Hlai *ja¹ (medicine), Proto-Kam-Sui *gja² (medicine; to cure), Proto-Tai *ˀjɯəᴬ (medicine).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter 'i
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔɨ/
Li
Rong
/ʔiə/
Wang
Li
/ĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15058
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qɯ/

Definitions edit

  1. medicinal; medicine
  2. doctor
  3. to cure; to treat
    冇得冇得 [Cantonese]  ―  mou5 dak1 ji1 [Jyutping]  ―  untreatable
  4. (Sichuanese) to punish

Synonyms edit

  • (to treat):
  • (to punish):

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: () (i)
  • Korean: 의(醫) (ui)
  • Vietnamese: y ()

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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Readings edit

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese (MC 'i).

Historical readings

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 의원 (uiwon ui))

  1. Hanja form? of (medicine; doctor).

Compounds edit

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: y

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Compounds edit