# 医

| 医 | U+533B, &#21307; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-533B |
| ← 区 [U+533A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 匼 → [U+533C] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 医 |
| Simplified | 医 |
| Traditional | 醫 |

### 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
| | 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
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yì (yi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yì
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yì
*** Wade–Giles: i$^4$
*** Yale: yì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
*** Palladius: и (i)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ai$^3$
*** Yale: ai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɐi̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: 'ejH
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 | /ʔei$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔei$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɛi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔɛj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔei$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /iei$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔiei$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jai$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qiːs/
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
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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 and variant form of 醫).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
Simplified from 醫 (elimination of 殳 and 酉).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C00862

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 医 |
| Kyūjitai | 醫 |

### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 醫)

#### Readings

* Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)
* Kun: いやす (iyasu, 医やす)、くすし (kusushi, 医)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 医
* い Grade: 3
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 醫 (kyūjitai)
From Middle Chinese 醫 (MC 'i).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) い [íꜜ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [i]

### Noun

医(い) • (i)
* doctor; physician; medicine

### Affix

医(い) • (i)
* doctor
* medicine, the healing arts

#### Derived terms

* 医(い)院(いん) (iin)
* 医(い)学(がく) (igaku)
* 医(い)師(し) (ishi)
* 医(い)者(しゃ) (isha)
* 医(い)術(じゅつ) (ijutsu)
* 医(い)薬(やく) (iyaku)
* 医(い)療(りょう) (iryō)
* 軍(ぐん)医(い) (gun'i)
* 校(こう)医(い) (kōi)
* 侍(じ)医(い) (jii)
* 獣(じゅう)医(い) (jūi)
* 女(じょ)医(い) (joi)
* 典(てん)医(い) (ten'i)
* 名(めい)医(い) (meii)
* 歯(し)科(か)医(い) (shikai)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 医 (MC 'ejH).

#### Hanja

医 (eumhun 동개 예 (donggae ye))
* hanja form of 예 (“used in personal names”)
* (literary Chinese) hanja form of 예 (“quiver; a tool for storing a bow and crossbow”)

### Etymology 2
#### Hanja

医 (eumhun 의원 의 (uiwon ui))
* 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.