西 xī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 西 — west, western, westward
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
西医
xīyī
Western medicine
Characters in this word
医 yī
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 匸 — box
- Made of
- 匸 box 矢 arrow, dart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他看西医。 Tā kàn xī yī. He sees a Western medicine doctor.
- 西医很方便。 Xī yī hěn fāng biàn. Western medicine is very convenient.
- 我学西医。 Wǒ xué xī yī. I study Western medicine.