Hanja Analyzer
医

医 — ye, ui

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
화살통 예, 의원 의
Romanization
ye, ui
English
cure, heal; doctor, medical
Mandarin
yī
Japanese on'yomi
イ, エイ
Japanese kun'yomi
い.やす い.する くすし
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#437 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Variant forms
醫
Radical
匸 (23, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+533B

Parts that make up 医

  • 匸 감출 혜, 덮을 혜 무엇을 가린 표시감추고 숨기는 것
  • 矢 화살 시 촉과 깃을 갖춘 화살화살과 곧게 나아가는 일

How 医 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 医 as a ideographic compound involving 匸, 矢.

Japanese words with 医

  • 医療いりょう medical treatment; medical care
  • 医学いがく medicine; medical science
  • 医師いし doctor; physician
  • 医薬品いやくひん medical and pharmaceutical products; medicinal supplies; drugs
  • 医者いしゃ doctor; physician
  • 医大いだい medical university; medical college; medical school
  • 医科いか medical science; medical department
  • 医院いいん doctor's office; doctor's surgery; clinic
  • 医局いきょく medical office (esp. in a hospital); doctor's office
  • 医師会いしかい medical association
  • 獣医じゅうい veterinarian; veterinary surgeon; vet
  • 主治医しゅじい doctor chiefly responsible for a patient's care; doctor in charge (of a patient); attending physician

Other hanja read “예”

Other hanja with radical 匸

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