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
医学
yīxué
medicine
Characters in this word
学 xué
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我学医学。 Wǒ xué yī xué. I study medicine.
- 医学很难。 Yī xué hěn nán. Medicine is very hard.
- 他爱医学。 Tā ài yī xué. He loves medicine.
Related words
- 医生 yīshēng doctor
- 医院 yīyuàn hospital
- 西医 xīyī Western medicine
- 中医 zhōngyī Chinese medicine
- 医疗 yīliáo medical care
- 学生 xuésheng student
- 大学 dàxué university
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
- 放学 fàngxué to finish classes (for the day)
- 教学楼 jiàoxuélóu classroom building
- 上学 shàngxué to go to school
- 同学 tóngxué classmate