医 medicine

Also: doctor

On'yomi
イ
Strokes
7
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
医 is written in 7 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A 矢 arrow shut away inside a 匸 box: the doctor pulls the arrow out of you and locks it in the cabinet — that's medicine.

A common word

  • 医者 いしゃ doctor

Example sentences

  • あねはいしゃになりたいです。

    My older sister wants to become a doctor.

  • だいがくでいがくのほんをよんでいます。

    I'm reading medical books at university.

Kanji that share a part

匸 is its radical.

  • 亡 deceased N3
  • 匹 counter for animals N2
  • 区 ward N2
  • 匿 hide N1

矢 is a component.