劑

See also: 剂 and 剤

Translingual

Traditional	劑
Shinjitai	剤
Simplified	剂

Han character

劑 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜難中弓 (YXLN), four-corner 0220₀, composition ⿰齊刂)

Descendants

• 剤 剂

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 145, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2241
• Dae Jaweon: page 326, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 361, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5291

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Chinese

trad.		劑
simp.		剂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (齊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
儕	*zriːl
麡	*zriːl, *ʔsliːl, *zliːl
齋	*ʔsriːl
穧	*ʔsleds, *ʔsliːls, *zliːls
擠	*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
躋	*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
齏	*ʔsliːl
齎	*ʔsliːl, *ʔslil
櫅	*ʔsliːl
齌	*ʔsliːl, *sʰliːl, *zliːls
隮	*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
賷	*ʔsliːl
虀	*ʔsliːl
濟	*ʔsliːlʔ, *ʔsliːls
癠	*ʔsliːlʔ, *zliːl, *zliːlʔ, *zliːls
霽	*ʔsliːls
齊	*zliːl, *zliːls
臍	*zliːl
蠐	*zliːl, *zlil
懠	*zliːl, *zliːls
薺	*zliːlʔ, *zlil
鱭	*zliːlʔ
嚌	*zliːls
劑	*zliːls, *ʔslel
齍	*ʔslil

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zliːls, *ʔslel) : phonetic 齊 (OC *zliːl, *zliːls) + semantic 刂.

Etymology

From 齊 (OC *zliːl, *zliːls, “orderly”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 劑

1. ^† to trim; to prune
2. to adjust; to make up (a concoction); to concoct
3. (historical) contract for trading
4. small piece of dough; dough which has been kneaded
5. (traditional Chinese medicine) medicinal preparation; concoction
6. pharmaceutical preparation; medicament
7. dose; dosage
8. (chemistry) agent; reagent
9. Classifier for doses of medicine.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	剤
Kyūjitai	劑

Kanji

劑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 剤)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ざい (zai); せい (sei); すい (sui)
• Kun: かる (karu); けずる (kezuru)

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Korean

Hanja

劑 (eum 제 (je))

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Vietnamese

Han character

劑: Hán Nôm readings: tễ, xẻ

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