医

See also: 醫
医 U+533B, 医
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-533B
← 区
[U+533A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 匼 →
[U+533C]

Translingual
Japanese 医
Simplified 医
Traditional 醫
Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

医 (Kangxi radical 23, 匸+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸人大 (SOK), composition ⿷匚矢)

Derived characters
  • 殹, 悘, 𢟇, 𤻢, 𥏏, 𦑄, 𨯍, 𫑝, 𫧕, 𬙟, 𭬢, 𮡟

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 155, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2680
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 85, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+533B

Chinese

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 医
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
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

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 匸 (“that which hides; that which stores”) + 矢 (“arrow”).

Etymology 1
trad. 医
simp. # 医

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 医
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 於計切
Baxter 'ejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔeiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔeiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔɛjH/
Li
Rong		 /ʔeiH/
Wang
Li		 /ieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jai3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 医
Reading # 1/1
No. 15050
Phonetic
component		 医
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 翳
Old
Chinese		 /*qiːs/

Definitions

医

  1. † a tool for storing a bow and crossbow

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 医 – see 醫 (“medicinal; medicine; doctor; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 醫).
Notes:

Simplified from 醫 (elimination of 殳 and 酉).

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

 医

Kyūjitai

 醫

Kanji
医

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 醫)

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
医
い
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
醫 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 醫 (MC 'i).

Pronunciation

Noun

医(い) • (i) 

  1. doctor; physician; medicine

Affix

医(い) • (i) 

  1. doctor
  2. medicine, the healing arts

Derived terms
medicine, the healing arts
doctor

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 医 (MC 'ejH).

Hanja

医 (eumhun 동개 예 (donggae ye))

  1. Hanja form? of 예 (“used in personal names”).
  2. (literary Chinese) Hanja form? of 예 (“quiver; a tool for storing a bow and crossbow”).

Hanja

医 (eumhun 의원 의 (uiwon ui))

  1. Alternative form of 醫 (“Hanja form? of 의 (“doctor”).”)

References
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
  • Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 30,34.
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