医学
HSK 4 (2021)
医学 (yīxué) · medicine
医学 (yīxué) means “medicine; medical science”. It is written with 2 characters: 医 (to cure) + 学 (to study). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 医学 is built
The characters
医 yī · to cure
What 医 is made of
- 匸xì — box
- 矢shǐ — arrow
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 天tiān — day
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
Origin hint: 矢 gives the meaning, 匸 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
学 xué · to study
What 学 is made of
- ⺍ — three-stroke
- 冖mì — cover
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 了liǎo / le — finish
Origin hint: A building 冖 where children 子 study; ⺍ provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他在大学学医学。Tā zài dàxué xué yīxué.He studies medicine at university.
医学是一门很难的学问。Yīxué shì yī mén hěn nán de xuéwèn.Medicine is a very difficult field of study.
Questions about 医学
What does 医学 mean?
医学 (yīxué) means “medicine; medical science”.
How do you pronounce 医学?
医学 is pronounced yīxué.
Which HSK level is 医学?
医学 is in HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 医生yīshēngdoctor
- 医院yīyuànhospital
- 西医xīyīWestern medicine
- 中医zhōngyītraditional Chinese medicine
- 医疗yīliáomedical treatment
- 大学dàxuéuniversity
- 大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student
- 放学fàngxuéto finish school for the day
- 教学楼jiàoxuélóuclassroom building
- 上学shàngxuéto go to school
Learn 医学 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 64: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.