Kanji · first appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary
医

医 – doctor, medicine

7 strokesTaught in grade 3#437 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 医 means doctor, medicine. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is イ (i); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is い.やす、い.する、くすし (iyasu, isuru, kusushi). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 匸 (no. 23).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiイi
Kun’yomiい.やすiyasu
Kun’yomiい.するisuru
Kun’yomiくすしkusushi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: (Kangxi radical 23). Components: 矢・匚・乞.

Words using 医

Example sentences

医者は彼の折れた足をついだ。
The doctor set his broken leg.
二人の医者が医学の話をしていた。
Two doctors were talking shop.
今日歯医者へ行きました。
Today I went to the dentist's.

Kanji with the same radical

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