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Bushu (Radical) Info: 匚 (はこがまえ) – sideways box

Henshall Mnemonic: doctor's bag contains arrow, used for healing

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #437 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 医者   [いしゃ]
  (n) doctor (medical)   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 医学   [いがく]
  (n) medical science; medicine   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 歯医者   [はいしゃ]
  (n) dentist   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 医院   [いいん]
  (n) doctor's office (surgery); clinic; dispensary   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 医師   [いし]
  (n) doctor; physician   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 医療   [いりょう]
  (n) medical care; medical treatment   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• お医者さん   [おいしゃさん]
  doctor (polite)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 外科医   [げかい]
  (n) surgeon   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 法医学   [ほういがく]
  (n) legal medicine   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 専門医   [せんもんい]
  (n) medical specialist   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 女医   [じょい]
  (n) woman doctor   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 獣医   [じゅうい]
  (n) veterinarian   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 医   [い]
  (n,n-suf,vs) medicine; the healing art; doctor; cure; healing; quenching (thirst)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 開業医   [かいぎょうい]
  (n) medical practitioner   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 医科   [いか]
  (n) medical science; medical department   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 医科学   [いかがく]
  medical college   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 医局   [いきょく]
  (n) medical office; dispensary   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 医師会   [いしかい]
  (n) medical association   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 医大   [いだい]
  (n) medical university; medical school   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 医長   [いちょう]
  (n) medical director; chief physician   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 医薬   [いやく]
  (n) medicine   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 医薬品   [いやくひん]
  (n) medical supplies   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 侍医   [じい]
  (n) court physician   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 眼科医   [がんかい]
  ophthalmologist; eye specialist   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 歯科医   [しかい]
  (n) dentist   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 歯科医師   [しかいし]
  dentist   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 主治医   [しゅじい]
  (n) attending physician; physician in charge; (one's) family doctor   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍医   [ぐんい]
  (n) military physician or surgeon   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 医 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.