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醫
醫
See also: 医
Translingual
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
Chinese
| trad. | 醫 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 医 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 醫
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| Large seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (医) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qɯ) : phonetic 殹 (OC *qiːs) + semantic 酉 (“liquor”).
Alternatively, as an ideogrammic compound (會意) : 殹 (“to groan”) + 酉 (“liquor”) – using liquor to treat a groaning patient.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ji1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yî
- Min Dong (BUC): ĭ
- Min Nan (POJ): i
- Wu (Wiktionary): i (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧ
- Wade-Giles: i1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i
- IPA (key): /i⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ji1
- Yale: yī
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji1
- IPA (key): /jiː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- 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/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭ
- IPA (key): /i⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i
- Tâi-lô: i
- Phofsit Daibuun: y
- IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /i³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /i⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: i (T1)
- IPA (key): /i⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
| 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 |
| 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
Compounds
Derived terms from 醫
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Japanese
Kanji
醫
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 医)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
醫 • (ui) (hangeul 의, McCune-Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)
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