Chinese Character 医 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

医 meaning[3] in English

Medical.

Medicine.

Doctor.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'right open box' … (匚) , and arrow (矢)

Its radical[1] is: (xi4) which means: 'Cover' Or 'Conceal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 23), See Also 匚[Fang1], .xi4'cover' or …

In cangjie it is written with SOK

How to write 医

To writeyi1medical you should write a combination of fang1'right open … , shi3arrow arranged in a shape:

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医 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 医 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of , looks as follow:

Pinyin:yi1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Medical . Medicine . Doctor . To Cure . To Treat

Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc

Pinyin:shi3
Meaning[3]: Arrow . Dart . Straight . To Vow . To Swear . Old Variant Of 屎[Shi3]

𠂉
Pinyin:𠂉5 Shape:+

丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 医in English or Chinese