医 means “doctor”

い · i

Also: medicine

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

いやす, いする, くすし

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

イ

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The story

An arrow (矢) pulled from the body and placed in a box: the surgeon's oldest act. Once written with wine jars and shaman's tools, 医 simplified to its essence: removing what harms.

Used in 医者 (isha, doctor), 医学 (igaku, medical science), and 歯医者 (haisha, dentist)

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• 悪 bad
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• 気 spirit
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• 死 death
• 病 illness

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