医

yī

yīspelled as i · 1st tone — spelling rules

medical · medicine

Radical: 匚 Strokes: 7

Structure: Left-surroundFrequency: Common

Same radical

区匠匡匹匿匮匣匝匪匦匽匾

Same radical

区匠匡匹匿匮匣匝匪匦匽匾

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Character Decomposition

医=匸+矢

Etymology

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Meanings

medical

medicine

doctor

to cure

to treat

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Words with 医 204 total

military doctor军医jūn yī good doctor · skilled doctor良医liáng yī famous doctor名医míng yī to seek medical treatment; to see a doctor求医qiú yī Western medicine · a doctor trained in Western medicine西医xī yī to practice medicine (esp. in private practice)行医xíng yī

Idioms with 医 17 total Chain

lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis病急乱投医bìng jí luàn tóu yī hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism · to keep one's shortcomings secret · to refuse to listen to advice讳疾忌医huì jí jì yī (proverb) a long illness makes the patient into a doctor久病成医jiǔ bìng chéng yī (lit.) break one's arm three times to become a good doctor (idiom) · (fig.) experience is a good teacher三折肱为良医sān zhé gōng wéi liáng yī lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom) · fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation死马当活马医sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī

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