Read Edit View history Discussion 医 yī HSK1 medicine Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally depicted a quiver, a container for arrows. Later repurposed to mean "medicine" as a simplified form of the traditional character 醫. Pinyin Separate values with commas yī × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 医 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 醫 ×医 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a quiver of arrows. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 医 Simp strokes 医 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts an arrow. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 医 Simp strokes 医 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 医 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 297, 724 ], [ 306, 714 ], [ 326, 710 ], [ 427, 715 ], [ 705, 764 ], [ 739, 767 ], [ 762, 762 ] ], [ [ 419, 660 ], [ 446, 629 ], [ 432, 585 ], [ 391, 507 ], [ 337, 451 ] ], [ [ 444, 541 ], [ 455, 547 ], [ 500, 546 ], [ 541, 555 ], [ 661, 592 ], [ 718, 595 ] ], [ [ 316, 352 ], [ 361, 346 ], [ 573, 386 ], [ 717, 406 ], [ 757, 406 ], [ 804, 394 ] ], [ [ 517, 524 ], [ 551, 499 ], [ 532, 388 ], [ 509, 320 ], [ 472, 259 ], [ 441, 227 ], [ 394, 190 ], [ 349, 168 ] ], [ [ 598, 324 ], [ 712, 237 ], [ 739, 181 ] ], [ [ 211, 740 ], [ 249, 709 ], [ 255, 687 ], [ 247, 322 ], [ 227, 55 ], [ 280, 50 ], [ 443, 72 ], [ 738, 90 ], [ 778, 89 ], [ 849, 68 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 295 695 Q 334 683 416 694 Q 746 739 767 750 Q 767 751 769 751 Q 778 758 774 768 Q 767 781 739 790 Q 709 799 609 771 Q 443 734 289 729 C 259 728 266 702 295 695 Z", "M 445 559 Q 454 580 483 625 Q 492 637 478 649 Q 436 676 415 671 Q 405 667 409 655 Q 427 583 354 486 Q 336 464 328 451 Q 322 438 335 442 Q 377 451 435 540 L 445 559 Z", "M 554 537 Q 719 580 724 585 Q 733 592 728 601 Q 721 611 692 618 Q 662 622 634 609 Q 594 593 551 581 Q 503 568 447 560 Q 444 560 445 559 C 416 552 411 551 435 540 Q 471 522 508 525 L 554 537 Z", "M 552 364 Q 631 376 753 379 Q 804 379 812 389 Q 816 399 801 411 Q 750 447 703 431 Q 646 418 561 400 L 507 391 Q 417 378 318 360 Q 299 357 314 343 Q 327 331 343 327 Q 362 323 377 327 Q 432 345 497 355 L 552 364 Z", "M 497 355 Q 461 250 373 195 Q 358 185 344 174 Q 331 167 343 163 Q 397 163 461 220 Q 521 271 552 364 L 561 400 Q 573 469 588 495 Q 597 511 582 520 Q 567 532 554 537 C 527 550 497 553 508 525 Q 527 491 507 391 L 497 355 Z", "M 596 306 Q 647 260 708 190 Q 723 171 737 166 Q 746 165 753 174 Q 765 187 753 229 Q 744 280 597 336 Q 590 340 587 329 Q 586 316 596 306 Z", "M 289 729 Q 243 754 222 756 Q 209 757 200 750 Q 190 743 204 724 Q 234 685 223 318 Q 208 92 175 66 Q 153 47 166 28 Q 173 10 189 -3 Q 205 -16 225 -2 Q 232 7 298 31 Q 392 50 569 56 Q 750 59 812 50 Q 839 46 851 52 Q 863 59 863 67 Q 863 83 826 106 Q 790 127 769 126 Q 727 125 401 86 Q 277 67 268 80 Q 259 89 268 222 Q 268 382 288 622 Q 289 679 295 695 C 299 724 299 724 289 729 Z" ] } 7 strokes 医 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 297, 724 ], [ 306, 714 ], [ 326, 710 ], [ 427, 715 ], [ 705, 764 ], [ 739, 767 ], [ 762, 762 ] ], [ [ 419, 660 ], [ 446, 629 ], [ 432, 585 ], [ 391, 507 ], [ 337, 451 ] ], [ [ 444, 541 ], [ 455, 547 ], [ 500, 546 ], [ 541, 555 ], [ 661, 592 ], [ 718, 595 ] ], [ [ 316, 352 ], [ 361, 346 ], [ 573, 386 ], [ 717, 406 ], [ 757, 406 ], [ 804, 394 ] ], [ [ 517, 524 ], [ 551, 499 ], [ 532, 388 ], [ 509, 320 ], [ 472, 259 ], [ 441, 227 ], [ 394, 190 ], [ 349, 168 ] ], [ [ 598, 324 ], [ 712, 237 ], [ 739, 181 ] ], [ [ 211, 740 ], [ 249, 709 ], [ 255, 687 ], [ 247, 322 ], [ 227, 55 ], [ 280, 50 ], [ 443, 72 ], [ 738, 90 ], [ 778, 89 ], [ 849, 68 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 295 695 Q 334 683 416 694 Q 746 739 767 750 Q 767 751 769 751 Q 778 758 774 768 Q 767 781 739 790 Q 709 799 609 771 Q 443 734 289 729 C 259 728 266 702 295 695 Z", "M 445 559 Q 454 580 483 625 Q 492 637 478 649 Q 436 676 415 671 Q 405 667 409 655 Q 427 583 354 486 Q 336 464 328 451 Q 322 438 335 442 Q 377 451 435 540 L 445 559 Z", "M 554 537 Q 719 580 724 585 Q 733 592 728 601 Q 721 611 692 618 Q 662 622 634 609 Q 594 593 551 581 Q 503 568 447 560 Q 444 560 445 559 C 416 552 411 551 435 540 Q 471 522 508 525 L 554 537 Z", "M 552 364 Q 631 376 753 379 Q 804 379 812 389 Q 816 399 801 411 Q 750 447 703 431 Q 646 418 561 400 L 507 391 Q 417 378 318 360 Q 299 357 314 343 Q 327 331 343 327 Q 362 323 377 327 Q 432 345 497 355 L 552 364 Z", "M 497 355 Q 461 250 373 195 Q 358 185 344 174 Q 331 167 343 163 Q 397 163 461 220 Q 521 271 552 364 L 561 400 Q 573 469 588 495 Q 597 511 582 520 Q 567 532 554 537 C 527 550 497 553 508 525 Q 527 491 507 391 L 497 355 Z", "M 596 306 Q 647 260 708 190 Q 723 171 737 166 Q 746 165 753 174 Q 765 187 753 229 Q 744 280 597 336 Q 590 340 587 329 Q 586 316 596 306 Z", "M 289 729 Q 243 754 222 756 Q 209 757 200 750 Q 190 743 204 724 Q 234 685 223 318 Q 208 92 175 66 Q 153 47 166 28 Q 173 10 189 -3 Q 205 -16 225 -2 Q 232 7 298 31 Q 392 50 569 56 Q 750 59 812 50 Q 839 46 851 52 Q 863 59 863 67 Q 863 83 826 106 Q 790 127 769 126 Q 727 125 401 86 Q 277 67 268 80 Q 259 89 268 222 Q 268 382 288 622 Q 289 679 295 695 C 299 724 299 724 289 729 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.