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中医 (zhōng yī): meaning and stroke order

中医 (zhōng yī) means traditional Chinese medical science, a doctor trained in Chinese medicine.

中医

Simplified
中医
Traditional
中醫
Pinyin
zhōng yī

Stroke order of 中医

中

  • Zhōng (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong
  • zhōng within; among; in; middle; center
  • zhòng to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

医

  • yī medical; medicine
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 醫

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 中医

  1. zhōng yī Traditional 中醫
    • traditional Chinese medical science
    • a doctor trained in Chinese medicine

Radicals of the characters

中
Radical 丨 (Kangxi radical 2) · 4 strokes · built from 口 and 丨
医
Radical 匸 (Kangxi radical 23) · 7 strokes · built from 匚 and 矢

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).