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Kanji Detail for 医 - "to heal, doctor"

医

  • Meaning

    医 means "to heal, doctor." Also associated with sweet sake.

    1. To heal - To cure illness.

    2. Doctor - A physician; one who treats illness.

    3. Sweet sake - A type of beverage.

  • Words using 医

    • 医療 いりょう Listen medical treatment; medical care
    • 医学 いがく Listen medicine; medical science
    • 医師 いし Listen doctor; physician
    • 医薬品 いやくひん Listen medical and pharmaceutical products; medicinal supplies; drugs
    • 医者 いしゃ Listen doctor; physician
    • 医大 いだい Listen medical university; medical college; medical school
    • 医科 いか Listen medical science; medical department
    • 医局 いきょく Listen medical office (esp. in a hospital); doctor's office

  • Four-character idioms with 医

    • 医食同源 いしょくどうげん Listen a balanced diet leads to a healthy body; healthy food both prevents and cures sickness

  • Tattoo check: 医

    • Verified meaning: to heal, doctor
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさむ, ことお)
    • Also carries these associations: sweet sake

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 医

    Given names 医(ことお)Listen

    Surnames 医(おさむ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    doctor; medicine

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cure, heal; doctor, medical

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to cure, to heal, to treat; doctor; medicine

  • Onyomi

    tip

    i(イ) イ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    i.suru(い-する) い-する

    i.yasu(い-やす) い-やす

    kusushi(くすし) くすし

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    匚 (hakogamae)匸 (kakushigamae)

  • Related Keywords

    to heal doctor sweet sake amazake medicine cure medical physician hospital treatment therapy diagnosis prescription healing

Sentences including 医

  • I made my son a doctor.

  • I asked the doctor some questions.

  • He is not a patient but a doctor in this hospital.

  • Please call in a doctor.

  • He is not a teacher but a doctor.

  • We had better call the doctor.

  • I must pay a visit to the doctor.

  • The doctor called him back.

  • His doctor advised him to give up smoking.

  • Don't be afraid of seeing the doctor.

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