Question

医 い.やす、い.する、くすし 医療(いりょう): medical care; medical treatment医学(いがく): medical science; medicine医師(いし): doctor; physician医者(いしゃ): (medical) doctor; physician医院(いいん): doctor's office (surgery); clinic; dispensary歯医者(はいしゃ): dentist 3 匚: box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22)矢: dart; arrow 酉 7 醫 doctor This DOCTOR prefers to use DARTS instead of syringes for injections. Here, he pulls out his BOX of DARTS, and the child on the examination table squirms.

Accepted Answer

イ doctor, medicine 4 437 7 164 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり 会意 Compound Ideographic Easily confused: Dr. (#47), doctor (#1694), examination (#1673), check-up (#1724), medicine (#1736). To avoid confusion I renamed this medic, and picture the medic from Team Fortress 2 returning to his box of darts in the supply cupboard every time his syringe gun is empty.

Kanji	医
Onyomi	イ
Kunyomi	い.やす、い.する、くすし
English	doctor, medicine
Examples	医療(いりょう): medical care; medical treatment 医学(いがく): medical science; medicine 医師(いし): doctor; physician 医者(いしゃ): (medical) doctor; physician 医院(いいん): doctor's office (surgery); clinic; dispensary 歯医者(はいしゃ): dentist
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	437
Components	匚: box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22) 矢: dart; arrow
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	酉
Radical Number	164
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり
Traditional Form	醫
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	doctor
Koohii Story 1	Easily confused: Dr. (#47), doctor (#1694), examination (#1673), check-up (#1724), medicine (#1736). To avoid confusion I renamed this medic, and picture the medic from Team Fortress 2 returning to his box of darts in the supply cupboard every time his syringe gun is empty.
Koohii Story 2	This DOCTOR prefers to use DARTS instead of syringes for injections. Here, he pulls out his BOX of DARTS, and the child on the examination table squirms.

Medicine Medical Doctor Physician Examination Box Darts 医