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 (Kangxi 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 (first edition): 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

trad.		医
simp. #		医

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ai³
    • Yale: ai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯³³/

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

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• Middle Chinese: 'ejH

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
Baxter	'ejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔeiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛjH/
Li Rong	/ʔeiH/
Wang Li	/ieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jai3

• 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

1. ^† 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, Malaysia, 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), C00862

Japanese

Shinjitai	医
Kyūjitai	醫

Kanji

医

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

Readings

• Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)
• Kun: いやす (iyasu, 医やす); くすし (kusushi, 医)

Etymology

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

Alternative spelling
醫 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 醫 (MC 'i).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) い​ [íꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [i]

Noun

医(い) • (i) 

1. doctor; physician; medicine

Affix

医(い) • (i) 

1. doctor
2. medicine, the healing arts

Derived terms

medicine, the healing arts

• 医(い)院(いん) (iin)
• 医(い)学(がく) (igaku)
• 医(い)師(し) (ishi)
• 医(い)者(しゃ) (isha)
• 医(い)術(じゅつ) (ijutsu)
• 医(い)薬(やく) (iyaku)
• 医(い)療(りょう) (iryō)

doctor

• 軍(ぐん)医(い) (gun'i)
• 校(こう)医(い) (kōi)
• 侍(じ)医(い) (jii)
• 獣(じゅう)医(い) (jūi)
• 女(じょ)医(い) (joi)
• 典(てん)医(い) (ten'i)
• 名(めい)医(い) (meii)
• 歯(し)科(か)医(い) (shikai)

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 医 (MC 'ejH).

Hanja

医 (eumhun 동개 예 (donggae ye))

1. Hanja form^? of 예 (“used in personal names”).
2. (literary Chinese) Hanja form^? of 예 (“quiver; a tool for storing a bow and crossbow”).

Etymology 2

Hanja

医 (eumhun 의원 의 (uiwon ui))

1. Alternative form of 醫 (“Hanja form^? of 의 (“doctor”).”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]
• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 30,34. [2]