Medicine (pinyin yī, yì, yǐ) is a character commonly used in modern Chinese. "The simplified form of doctor (hereinafter referred to as doctor yì) was originally pronounced as yì, referring to a container for arrows. The traditional form of "医" (hereinafter referred to as "医 yī") is pronounced as yī, which means a person who cures the sick, i.e. a doctor. In ancient times, there was no distinction between witchcraft and medicine, and it was extended to witchcraft. It also refers specifically to the breast doctor, or midwife. Because a doctor's duty is to heal, doctor is also derived as healing, and also as medicine. It is also pronounced yǐ, referring to a drink.
Basic Explanation:
1, a person who possesses knowledge of medicine and health, and who treats diseases as a profession. Example words: physician, famous doctor, dentist. Example sentence: Under the doctor's treatment, this patient's condition gradually improved.
2. Treatment. Example words: medical care, medical treatment, medical treatment. 例句：Sickness should be treated as soon as possible so as not to aggravate the condition.
3. The science or work of combating disease. Example words: medical science, from medicine, western medicine, study medicine
4. Surname words.
Medicine (yì) and doctor (yī) are separate characters in the Shuowen Jiezi (说文解字), with "医(yì) " in the "匸部" and "医(yī) " in the "酉部". It is also used to hold bows and crossbows. It is from "匸" and "矢". The Guoyu said, "Soldiers do not solve medical problems." Yu Ji Che (yì). Healing workers. (殹), the evil posture; the nature of the doctor. The wine and make, from You. Wang Yu said. I said: "The sound of sickness is the same as the sound of wine. Wine so that the cure is also. The Zhou Li has medical wine. In the ancient times, Wupeng was a doctor at the beginning of his career. In its cut (yī).
Origin of the character "医"
The character "医" has always been explored in different ways. Some people disassemble the character for doctor in three parts, while others disassemble and explain it in two parts, upper and lower. The meaning of the word "medical" is the tools used by doctors to treat illnesses and their methods and philosophies.
Medicine and its traditional form are two different characters, and the simplified form of the word "medicine" (yì) is an acronym from the word "yi" (矢) in "匸"(xì, a kind of container). The original meaning is an instrument for holding a bow and crossbow vector. Its birth was related to war. Ancient people often used bows and arrows in wars, and it was not uncommon to see soldiers wounded by arrows. The arrows were taken out and put into a container, which was called a "yì" (医). The person who took out the arrows for the soldiers was the "doctor". This is where the word "yī" comes from.
In the seal script stage, "医（yī）" became a form of the character "殹（yì）", which means "to drink" (you). You means wine, and in ancient times many kinds of wine were used for medicinal purposes as well as for sterilization. It is also thought to be a symbol for Chinese medicine. It is also believed that 殹 can also be split into 医 (yì) and 殳 (shū). Shu is a kind of weapon, and most of the characters from Shu are related to striking and destroying. It means to fight against diseases like a war.