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How to write 医 (yī, “medical”)

医 (yī), an HSK 1 character, means “medical”, “medicine” and “doctor”. The traditional form is 醫, 18 strokes instead of 7. Among the HSK words it appears in 医生 (“doctor”), 医院 (“hospital”) and 中医 (“traditional Chinese medical science”). Japanese reads it i, “doctor”, as a JLPT N4 kanji.

Pinyin
yī
Strokes
7
HSK
1
Radical
匸 (“"cover" or "conceal" radical in Chinese characte”)
Traditional
醫

Stroke by stroke

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

As an open-right frame character it splits into 匸 (“"cover" or "conceal" radical in Chinese characte”, the radical), strokes 1 and 7; 矢 (“arrow”), strokes 2–6, written with the strokes of the parts interleaved.

  1. Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
  2. Left-falling stroke ㇒topdown and right → down and left
  3. Horizontal ㇐toprightwards
  4. Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
  5. Left-falling stroke ㇒centerdown and left
  6. Dot ㇔centerdown and right
  7. Vertical-turn ㇗top leftdown and right

Names of the strokes

Japanese and Chinese

Japanese and Chinese draw all 7 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.

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Japanese · KanjiVG · 7 strokes
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Chinese · Make Me a Hanzi · 7 strokes

Traditional form

Simplified
医 · 7 strokes
Traditional
醫 · 18 strokes · see its strokes

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Pinyin and meaning

PinyinMeaningsTraditionalIn words
yī
first tone		medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat醫医生 医院 中医 医学
HSK 2025 syllabus
level 1
2021 standard
level 1
HSK 2.0
in a level 1 word
Words with it
110 in CC-CEDICT

Words with 医

WordPinyinMeaning
医生 醫生yīshēngdoctor; medical practitioner HSK 1
医院 醫院yīyuànhospital HSK 1
中医 中醫zhōngyītraditional Chinese medical science; a doctor trained in Chinese… HSK 5
医学 醫學yīxuémedicine; medical science HSK 5
医疗 醫療yīliáomedical treatment HSK 5
医药 醫藥yīyàomedical care and medicines; medicine (drug) HSK 6
就医 就醫jiùyīto receive medical treatment HSK 7-9
医务 醫務yīwùmedical affairs HSK 7-9
求医 求醫qiúyīto seek medical treatment; to see a doctor HSK 7-9
医书 醫書yīshūmedical book

HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).

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