U+533B "医" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
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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
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
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
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
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
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
kSMSZD2003Index
72.18 466.10
kSMSZD2003Readings
yì粵ai3
kTGHZ2013
430.180:yī
kTotalStrokes
7
kTraditionalVariant
kUnihanCore2020
GHJ
kXHC1983
1359.050:yī
kJapaneseOldVariant
U+91AB