医 medicine
Also: doctor
- On'yomi
- イ
- Strokes
- 7
- JLPT
- N4
- Taught in
- Primary school, year 3
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
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
姉は医者になりたいです。
あねはいしゃになりたいです。
My older sister wants to become a doctor.
大学で医学の本を読んでいます。
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.
- 知 know
- 族 tribe
- 短 short (length)
- 候 climate N3
- 疑 doubt N3
- 侯 marquis N1
- 疾 disease N1
- 矮 short N1