U+533B "医" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
医
U+533B "医" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means medicine, medical treatment, or a physician. It is composed of the radical for a container or enclosure (匚) enclosing the character for an arrow (矢), which together symbolically represent the ancient practice of storing medicine or medical tools in a case. This character is widely used in modern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, appearing in words like 医院 (hospital), 医生 (doctor), and 医疗 (medical care). Its historical and contemporary significance reflects the enduring importance of healing and healthcare in East Asian cultures.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+533B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 医 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 医 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8C 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x533B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000533B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u533b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275D31 |
| kCNS1986 | E-2466 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-2466 |
| kCangjie | SOK |
| kCantonese | ji1 |
| kCihaiT | 207.102 |
| kDefinition | cure, heal; doctor, medical |
| kEACC | 275D31 |
| kFanqie | 於計 |
| kFennIndex | 217.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7171.3 |
| kGB0 | 5029 |
| kGSR | 0589a |
| kHangul | 예:N 의:N |
| kHanYu | 10085.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu | yī(460) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10085.030:yì,yī |
| kIICore | AGJ |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10085.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0155.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-523D |
| kIRG_HSource | H-8957 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3065 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3895 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2565 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-2466 |
| kJapanese | イ エイ いやす くすし |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2018 |
| kTGH | 2013:700 |
| kJapaneseKun | IYASU KUSUSHI |
| kJapaneseOn | I |
| kJis0 | 1669 |
| kKangXi | 0155.050 |
| kKarlgren | 192 |
| kKorean | YEY UY |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6829 |
| kMandarin | yī |
| kMatthews | 2978 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007820 MJ007820:E0101 MJ007821:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 02680:E0102 |
| kNelson | 0763 |
| kPhonetic | 159 1534 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1193+22.2.5 C+1193+111.5.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 23.5 |
| kSBGY | 373.29 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+91AB<kMatthews |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "医" U+533B CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 72.18 466.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yì粵ai3 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 430.180:yī |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "医" U+533B CJK Unified Ideograph-# "醫" U+91AB CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJ |
| kXHC1983 | 1359.050:yī |