醫

醫 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 尸水一金田 (SEMCW), four-corner 7760₁, composition ⿱殹酉)

• 鿀, 𡄵, 𧕪, 𧮒

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1287, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40006
• Dae Jaweon: page 1787, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3595, character 9
• Unihan data for U+91AB

Historical forms of the character 醫
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qɯ) : phonetic 殹 (OC *qiːs) + semantic 酉 (“liquor”).

Alternatively, as an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 殹 (“to groan”) + 酉 (“liquor”) – using medicinal liquor to treat a groaning patient.

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs Old Chinese *ʔə and suggests it is cognate with Proto-Hlai *ja¹ (“medicine”), Proto-Kam-Sui *gja² (“medicine; to cure”), Proto-Tai *ˀjɯəᴬ (“medicine”).

醫

1. medicinal; medicine
2. doctor

   • 子曰：「南人有言曰：『人而無恆，不可以作巫醫。』善夫！不恆其德，或承之羞。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「南人有言曰：『人而无恒，不可以作巫医。』善夫！不恒其德，或承之羞。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Zǐyuē: “Nánrén yǒu yán yuē: ‘Rén ér wúhéng, bùkěyǐ zuò wūyī.’ Shàn fú! Bùhéng qí dé, huò chéng zhī xiū.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, "The people of the south have a saying - 'A man without constancy cannot be either a wizard or a doctor.' Good! Inconstant in his virtue, he will be visited with disgrace."

   • 凡大醫治病，必當安神定志，無欲無求，先發大慈惻隱之心。誓願普救含靈之苦。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     凡大医治病，必当安神定志，无欲无求，先发大慈恻隐之心。誓愿普救含灵之苦。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Sun Simiao, Essential Formulas Worth a Thousand Weights in Gold to Prepare for Emergencies, 652 CE

     Fán dàyī zhìbìng, bì dāng ānshén dìngzhì, wúyù wúqiú, xiānfā dàcí cèyǐn zhī xīn. Shìyuàn pǔjiù hánlíng zhī kǔ. [Pinyin]

     In all cases, when you treat disease as an eminent physician, you must quiet your spirit and fix your intention, you must be free of wants and desires, and you must first develop a heart full of great compassion and empathy. You must pledge your desire to rescue all sentient beings indiscriminately from their suffering.

3. to cure; to treat

   冇得醫／冇得医 [Cantonese]  ―  mou⁵ dak¹ ji¹ [Jyutping]  ―  untreatable

   • 「假病，老子給你醫！」 [MSC, trad.]
     「假病，老子给你医！」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1935, Xia Yan, 《包身工》 [Indentured Labor]

     “jiǎ bìng, lǎozi gěi nǐ yī!” [Pinyin]

     You fake sickness; I'll give you the cure.

4. (Sichuanese) to punish

• (to treat):

• (to punish):

• “醫”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 医)

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• Go-on: い (i)
• Kan-on: い (i)
• Kun: いやす (iyasu, 醫やす); くすし (kusushi, 醫)

From Middle Chinese 醫 (MC 'i).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [의]

Wikisource 醫 (eumhun 의원 의 (uiwon ui))

1. Hanja form^? of 의 (“medicine; doctor”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

醫: Hán Nôm readings: y

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• y học 醫學