Japanese symbol for “curing”
医
い
Romaji: i
medicine; the healing art; healing; curing
In Japanese, curing is 医, read い (i).
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Meanings
- n medicine; the healing art; healing; curing
- n, n-suf doctor
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “curing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 硬化 | こうか kouka | hardening; vulcanization; vulcanisation |
| 退治 | たいじ taiji | curing (an illness) |
| 熟成 | じゅくせい jukusei | maturing; ripening; aging |
| 養生 | ようじょう youjou | curing (concrete) |
| 保存処理 | ほぞんしょり hozonshori | curing (meat, etc.); preservative treatment |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 医療 | いりょう iryou | medical treatment; medical care |
| 医師 | いし ishi | doctor; physician |
| 医者 | いしゃ isha | doctor; physician |
| 医学 | いがく igaku | medicine; medical science |
| 医薬品 | いやくひん iyakuhin | medical and pharmaceutical products; medicinal supplies; drugs |
| 歯医者 | はいしゃ haisha | dentist |
See also: Chinese symbol for “curing”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.