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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

醫 is both a phono-semantic compound character (形聲), and a compound indicative (會意). As a phono-semantic compound character (形聲), it contains two parts: 殹 (pinyin: yī) and 酉 (pinyin: yǒu). 殹 is the sound component, whereas 酉 (referring to the alcohol used during a medical procedure) helps to convey the meaning of the word. It also works as a compound indicative (會意), because 殹 literally means to groan (original meaning: the sound of being struck by an arrow)[1]. 殹 is composed of two parts: 医 (which provides the sound) and 殳 (a weapon, the meaning component).[2] Finally, Shuowen Jiezi defines 医 as 盛弓弩矢器 (literally: a device for holding the arrows of bows and/or crossbows).

[edit] Han character

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

  1. cure, heal
  2. doctor, medical

[edit] References

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

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(Yale yi1)


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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

(hangeul , revised ui, McCune-Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

(simplified , pinyin (yi1), Wade-Giles i1)


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(y)

[edit] Compounds

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