醫

See also: 医

醫 U+91AB, 醫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91AB ← 醪 [U+91AA] CJK Unified Ideographs 醬 → [U+91AC]

Translingual

Japanese	医
Simplified	医
Traditional	醫

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 鿀, 𡄵, 𧕪, 𧮒

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		醫
simp.		医*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 醫
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
鷖	*qiː
翳	*qiː, *qiːs
嫛	*qiː
黳	*qiː
繄	*qiː, *qiːs
医	*qiːs
嫕	*qiːs
蘙	*qiːs
瞖	*qiːs
殹	*qiːs
贀	*ɢʷis
醫	*qɯ
毉	*qɯ
蠮	*qiːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qɯ): phonetic 殹 (OC *qiːs) + semantic 酉 (“liquor”).

Alternatively, as an ideogrammic compound (會意): 殹 (“to groan”) + 酉 (“liquor”) – using liquor to treat a groaning patient.

Etymology

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs Old Chinese *ʔə and suggests it is cognate with Proto-Hlai *ja¹ (“medicine”), Proto-Kam-Sui *gja² (“medicine; to cure”), Proto-Tai *ʔɨaᴬ¹ (“medicine”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yī (yi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yî
• Min Dong (BUC): ĭ

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): i

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ui¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): i (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: i¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹
    • Yale: yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî
    • Hakka Romanization System: i´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i
    • Tâi-lô: i
    • Phofsit Daibuun: y
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: i (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔɨ/

Rime
Character	醫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於其切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨ/
Li Rong	/ʔiə/
Wang Li	/ĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yī

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	醫
Reading #	1/1
No.	15058
Phonetic component	医
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	醫
Old Chinese	/*qɯ/

Definitions

醫

1. medicinal; medicine
2. doctor
3. to cure; to treat

Compounds

Derived terms from 醫

• 上醫／上医 (shàngyī)
• 世醫／世医 (shìyī)
• 中醫／中医 (zhōngyī)
• 主治醫生／主治医生 (zhǔzhì yīshēng)
• 久病成醫／久病成医
• 住院醫師／住院医师 (zhùyuàn yīshī)
• 侍醫／侍医
• 儒醫／儒医 (rúyī)
• 內外全科醫學士／内外全科医学士 (nèiwài quánkē yīxué shì)
• 全科醫師／全科医师 (quánkē yīshī)
• 剜肉醫瘡／剜肉医疮
• 割肉醫瘡／割肉医疮
• 博濟醫院／博济医院
• 名醫／名医 (míngyī)
• 國醫／国医 (guóyī)
• 國醫節／国医节
• 太空醫學／太空医学
• 太醫／太医 (tàiyī)
• 太醫院／太医院
• 官醫／官医
• 家庭醫學／家庭医学
• 家庭醫師／家庭医师
• 密醫／密医
• 實習醫生／实习医生 (shíxí yīshēng)
• 專科醫師／专科医师
• 就醫／就医 (jiùyī)
• 巫醫／巫医 (wūyī)
• 康復醫學／康复医学
• 庸醫／庸医 (yōngyī)
• 延醫／延医 (yányī)
• 後醫系／后医系
• 御醫／御医 (yùyī)
• 復健醫學／复健医学
• 心理醫生／心理医生 (xīnlǐ yīshēng)
• 教學醫院／教学医院
• 新醫／新医
• 施醫／施医 (shīyī)
• 時間醫學／时间医学
• 校醫／校医
• 核子醫學／核子医学

• 求醫／求医 (qiúyī)
• 法醫／法医 (fǎyī)
• 法醫學／法医学 (fǎyīxué)
• 漢醫／汉医 (hànyī)
• 牙科醫學／牙科医学
• 牙醫／牙医 (yáyī)
• 獸醫／兽医 (shòuyī)
• 獸醫學／兽医学 (shòuyīxué)
• 環境醫學／环境医学
• 疼痛醫學／疼痛医学
• 瘍醫／疡医
• 盧醫／卢医
• 看醫生／看医生 (kànyīshēng)
• 神醫／神医 (shényī)
• 第三醫學／第三医学
• 精神醫學／精神医学 (jīngshén yīxué)
• 線上牙醫／线上牙医
• 老年醫學／老年医学
• 老醫少卜／老医少卜
• 老黃請醫／老黄请医
• 臨床醫學／临床医学 (línchuáng yīxué)
• 臺大醫院／台大医院
• 舊病難醫／旧病难医
• 航空醫學／航空医学
• 良醫／良医
• 草澤醫／草泽医
• 行醫／行医 (xíngyī)
• 西醫／西医 (xīyī)
• 諱疾忌醫／讳疾忌医 (huìjíjìyī)
• 賠償醫學／赔偿医学
• 赤腳醫生／赤脚医生 (chìjiǎo yīshēng)
• 軍醫／军医 (jūnyī)
• 遠距醫療／远距医疗
• 醫務／医务 (yīwù)
• 醫務人員／医务人员
• 醫務室／医务室 (yīwùshì)
• 醫務扶助／医务扶助
• 醫匠／医匠
• 醫卜星相／医卜星相

• 醫囑／医嘱 (yīzhǔ)
• 醫士／医士 (yīshì)
• 醫婆／医婆
• 醫學／医学 (yīxué)
• 醫宗金鑑／医宗金鉴
• 醫官／医官
• 醫家／医家 (yījiā)
• 醫師／医师 (yīshī)
• 醫師節／医师节
• 醫德／医德 (yīdé)
• 醫方／医方 (yīfāng)
• 醫時救弊／医时救弊
• 醫書／医书
• 醫林改錯／医林改错
• 醫檢師／医检师
• 醫治／医治 (yīzhì)
• 醫理／医理
• 醫生／医生 (yīshēng)
• 醫療／医疗 (yīliáo)
• 醫療給付／医疗给付
• 醫神日／医神日
• 醫科／医科 (yīkē)
• 醫經／医经
• 醫聖／医圣
• 醫肚／医肚
• 醫肚皮／医肚皮
• 醫藥／医药 (yīyào)
• 醫藥分業／医药分业
• 醫藥費／医药费 (yīyàofèi)
• 醫術／医术 (yīshù)
• 醫護／医护 (yīhù)
• 醫護人員／医护人员
• 醫道／医道 (yīdào)
• 醫門法律／医门法律
• 醫院／医院 (yīyuàn)
• 醫院船／医院船
• 野戰醫院／野战医院 (yězhàn yīyuàn)
• 開放醫院／开放医院
• 預防醫學／预防医学

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (醫):

• → Japanese: 医 (い) (i)
• → Korean: 의 (醫, ui)
• → Vietnamese: y (醫)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	医
Kyūjitai	醫

Kanji

醫

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

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Readings

• Go-on: い (i)
• Kan-on: い (i)
• Kun: いやす (iyasu, 醫やす); くすし (kusushi, 醫)

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Korean

Hanja

醫 • (ui) (hangeul 의, McCune–Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

醫 (y)

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Compounds

• y học 醫學