TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
醫
醫 = 殹 + 酉
ㄧ · yī
noun/verb — doctor, medicine; to heal
字源 FORM — what the parts do
殹聲yì — gives the soundan arrow in its case (医) and a hand with a club (殳): wounds, and the cry they raise
Tyì → yī — only the tone lifts
酉義the wine jar — the first medicine was medicinal wine
Wounds crying out (殹: an arrow boxed in 医, a club in hand 殳) over a wine jar (酉) — the healer's craft: hurts treated with medicinal wine. 殹 yì doubles as the sound, lifted to yī. 醫生、醫院.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
中箭(医)的人喊出聲,酒(酉)先倒上傷口。
The arrow-struck (医) man cries out; wine (酉) goes on the wound first.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)治病— to heal常用
→醫生、醫院— the doctor; the hospital常用
⇒中醫、西醫— the schools of medicine
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension