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医

Medicine
Stroke count: 7

Readings

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JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 3Level 8

Meanings

  1. medicine
    博士 (医学)。Doctor of Medicinewiki
    樺太医学専門学校Karafuto Igaku Senmon Gakko (Karafuto Vocational School of Medicine)wiki
  2. doctorRtK
  1. the healing art
  2. healing
  3. curing

Homonyms

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Same reading (い)
胃 · stomach位 · rank亥 · the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac)伊 · Italy

Popular Usage

医者医学歯医者医師医療

Radicals and components

Radical匸hiding enclosure
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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box (口) · dart · drop (丶) · heavens

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1829

Compound words

医者いしゃ
doctor; physician
医学いがく
medicine; medical science
歯医者はいしゃ
dentist
医師いし
doctor; physician
医療いりょう
medical treatment; medical care
医院いいん
doctor's office; doctor's surgery; clinic
医科いか
medical science; medical department
医局いきょく
medical office (esp. in a hospital); doctor's office
医大いだい
medical university; medical college; medical school
医長いちょう
medical director; chief physician
医薬いやく
medicine; (pharmaceutical) drug; medical treatment; medical practice and dispensing of drugs
軍医ぐんい
military physician or surgeon
侍医じい
court physician
獣医じゅうい
veterinarian; veterinary surgeon; vet
女医じょい
female doctor
医学部いがくぶ
faculty of medicine; college of medicine; department of medicine; school of medicine; medical school
医師会いしかい
medical association
医薬品いやくひん
medical and pharmaceutical products; medicinal supplies; drugs; pharmaceuticals; medicine
開業医かいぎょうい
private clinician; physician in private practice
外科医げかい
surgeon
眼科医がんかい
ophthalmologist; eye specialist
歯科医しかい
dentist
主治医しゅじい
doctor chiefly responsible for a patient's care; doctor in charge (of a patient); attending physician; (one's) primary care physician; family doctor
医科学いかがく
medical science

Kun Reading Examples

彼の職業は医師だ。いし
He is a doctor by profession.tatoeba
彼は医師になるために勉強している。いし
He studies with a view to becoming a doctor.tatoeba
彼は医師を信用しなくなった。いし
He has lost faith in the doctor.tatoeba
彼は医師としての資格がある。いし
He is qualified as a doctor.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は風邪で医者にかかっている。
He is under the care of the doctor with a cold.tatoeba
彼は彼女に医者を呼んでくれとしつこく求めた。
He was urgent in insisting that she call the doctor.tatoeba
彼は入院した瞬間から、いつ家に戻れるか教えてほしいと主治医に尋ね、困らせ続けた。
From the moment he arrived there, he kept on bothering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.tatoeba
彼は町中でいちばんの名医ということになっている。
He is supposed to be the best doctor in the town.tatoeba
京都医療センター
The Kyoto Medical Centerwiki
保健医療技術学部
Faculty of Health Scienceswiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Medicine, doctor. 匸 (box) + 矢 (arrow) — a box where a doctor puts arrows pulled from wounds.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 医

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