医 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「匚」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「匚」
- On
- イい · i
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- doctor, medicine
Stroke order
Origin
匚 (box) + 矢 (arrow) — a box holding an arrow; it means a 'doctor' who heals wounds.
Readings and examples
| Onイいi | 医学いがく医療いりょう名医めいい |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 医者いしゃ
doctor
- 医学いがく
medical science
- 医師いし
- 医療いりょう
- 獣医じゅうい
- 藪医者やぶいしゃ
Example
びょうきの ときは 医者へ 行きます。
When I am sick, I go to the doctor.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)