Kanji Detail for 劑 - "compound, medicine, tally"

劑

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
劑 means "compound, medicine, tally."
1. Compound - To mix medicines.
2. Medicine - A prepared pharmaceutical.
3. Tally - A matching piece.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

medicine; drug; dose

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

medicinal preparation

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients (esp. a medicinal or chemical product); (bound form) small piece of dough cut from a rolled log, used for making mantou (steamed buns) or dumplings; classifier for a dose of medicine

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

dose; medicine; measure word for medicines

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

質劑: Contracts and such. Large ones are called 質; small ones are called 劑. Like today's agreements. | Something made by combining ingredients is called 劑. Such as 藥劑 (medicine). Hence one dose of medicine is also called 一劑. Its quantity is called 分劑.
Onyomi

sei(せい)

sui(すい)

zai(ざい)
Kunyomi

soro.eru(そろえる)
Strokes

16 strokes
Radical

刀刂 (katana・ritto)
Related Keywords
mix medicines medicine prepared pharmaceutical tally matching piece