U+91AB "醫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+91AB "醫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes the concept of medicine, medical treatment, or a physician, rooted in ancient pictographic and ideographic components. Its structure combines the radical for alcohol or medicine (酉, representing a jar of fermented liquid or remedy) with a phonetic and semantic element (殹, which connotes a hand holding a tool or a sound related to healing practices, and 矢 for an arrow or projectile, symbolizing the removal of ailments). Historically, this character has been central to traditional Chinese medical terminology, including terms like 醫學 (medicine as a field of study), 醫生 (doctor), and 醫院 (hospital), and it reflects the evolution of healing arts from early ritualistic and herbal practices to systematic medical knowledge. In modern usage, it remains a standard and essential character across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, where it is used in both formal medical contexts and everyday language.