Chinese symbol for “medical”
医
yī
Traditional: 醫
medical; medicine; doctor; to cure
The closest CC-CEDICT match for medical is 医 (yī), defined as: medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “medical”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 医药 (醫藥) | yī yào | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug) |
| 医护 (醫護) | yī hù | doctors and nurses; medic |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 医.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 医院 (醫院) | yī yuàn | hospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò) |
| 医疗 (醫療) | yī liáo | medical treatment |
| 医生 (醫生) | yī shēng | doctor; medical practitioner |
| 医学 (醫學) | yī xué | medicine; medical science |
| 医药 (醫藥) | yī yào | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug) |
| 医师 (醫師) | yī shī | doctor; physician |
See also: Japanese symbol for “medical”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.