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医 means 'doctor'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 391   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-7    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 12    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 127 words   Used in 287 words   Used in 231 names   Component in 11 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   イ
Additional readings
Kun    くすし   いやす   いする
Variants
醫  
Components
⿷  匚 side open box  矢 arrow  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 医 is used 10 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 医 is used 286 times, read 2 ways.
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い し ゃ 0
noun
(medical) doctor; physician  (see also: お医者さん; pol. お医者さん; sensitive)
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くすし : 1 word FIND ALL
く す し 2
Most common form: 医師
noun
doctor  (archaic)
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An additional one less common word includes 医 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 244 (originally: 225)  Joy o' Kanji : 225  Key to Kanji: 21 

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医
イ    doctor   
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矢
シ   や arrow   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
匚
side open box
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