IDENTITY
医yīdoctor; to heal
HSK 1Top 650
CORE MEANING
doctor; to heal
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.doctor; medicineHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 匚box radical (fāng)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- semi-enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿷匚矢
- the medical box
- arrow (old surgical tool)
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
医生yīshēngdoctor
医院yīyuànhospital
中医zhōngyītraditional Chinese medicine
Graded examples
医生说我没事。Yīshēng shuō wǒ méi shì.HSK2
The doctor says I am fine.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 区
LEARNING
Memory aid
Tools (矢) in a case (匚) — the doctor’s kit.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #650
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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