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
医疗
yīliáo
medical care
Characters in this word
疗 liáo
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 疒 — sickness, disease
- Made of
- 疒 sickness, disease 了 particle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 医疗很重要。 Yī liáo hěn zhòng yào. Medical care is very important.
- 他需要医疗。 Tā xū yào yī liáo. He needs medical care.
- 医疗费用很高。 Yī liáo fèi yòng hěn gāo. Medical costs are very high.
Related words
- 医生 yīshēng doctor
- 医院 yīyuàn hospital
- 西医 xīyī Western medicine
- 中医 zhōngyī Chinese medicine
- 医学 yīxué medicine
- 疗养 liáoyǎng to recover; to rest for health
- 治疗 zhìliáo medical treatment
- 内科 nèikē internal medicine department
- 消化 xiāohuà to digest
- 伤害 shānghài to hurt; to harm
- 遗传 yíchuán heredity; to be inherited
- 严重 yánzhòng serious