醫

See also: 医

Translingual

Etymology

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

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). 殹 is composed of two parts: 医 (which provides the sound) and 殳 (a weapon, the meaning component). Finally, Shuowen Jiezi defines 医 as 盛弓弩矢器 (literally: a device for holding the arrows of bows and/or crossbows).

Han character

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

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
• Notes:

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Chinese

trad.		醫
simp.		医

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yī (yi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yî
• Min Dong (BUC): ĭ
• Min Nan (POJ): i
• Wu (Wiktionary): i (T1)

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

Terms derived from 醫

• 醫務／医务 (yīwù)
• 醫務室／医务室 (yīwùshì)
• 醫士／医士
• 醫學／医学 (yīxué)
• 醫師／医师 (yīshī)
• 醫德／医德

• 醫書／医书
• 醫治／医治 (yīzhì)
• 醫理／医理
• 醫生／医生 (yīshēng)
• 醫科／医科 (yīkē)
• 醫藥／医药 (yīyào)

• 醫術／医术
• 醫道／医道
• 醫院／医院 (yīyuàn)
• 医嘱
• 医护
• 医疗

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Japanese

Kanji

醫

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

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Readings

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

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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