医

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See also 醫

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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 匸 (“‘bag, container’”) + 矢 (“‘arrow’”)

This is the abbreviation of 醫. It is the arrow Symbol 矢　in a chest, indicating one of the early practices of doctors which was to pull the arrows out of wounded soldiers chests.

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

  1. cure, heal
  2. doctor, medical

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医 (traditional 醫, Yale yi1)

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医 (grade 3 kanji)

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医 (hiragana い, romaji i)

  1. medicine (vocation), healing, doctor, cure

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

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医 (traditional 醫, pinyin yī (yi1), yì (yi4), Wade-Giles i1, i4)

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