醫

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character 6.1.1 Compounds

[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

醫 (radical 164 酉+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

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

醫 (Yale yi1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

醫

[edit] Readings

• On: い (i)
• Kun: いやす (iyasu), くすし (kusushi)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

醫 (simplified 医, pinyin yī (yi1), Wade-Giles i¹)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

醫 (y)

[edit] Compounds

• y học [醫學]