Today’s #kanji is #医, which is made of #はこがまえ（匚） and 矢. Its original form, 醫, is a 形声文字, a character made of phonetic and semantic elements, but as 医 is its simplified form, there’s no point in talking about which is which. It has only one onyomi reading.
Meaning: to heal, to cure
Reading: イ
医学（イガク）: medical science, medicine
医師（イシ）: a (medical) doctor
医者（イシャ）: a (medical) doctor
医療（イリョウ）: medical treatment, medical service
内科医（ナイカイ）: a doctor (of internal medicine), a physician
外科医（ゲカイ）: a surgeon
歯科医（シカイ）: a dentist
主治医（シュジイ）: a doctor in charge of (a person), a person’s usual doctor
名医（メイイ）: a noted doctor, an excellent doctor
良医（リョウイ）: a good doctor, a skilled doctor
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