医者

Kanji breakdown

• 医 (yī) · 7 strokes

  Originally depicted a quiver, a container for arrows. Later repurposed to mean "medicine" as a simplified form of the traditional character 醫.

• 者 (zhě) · 8 strokes

  Origin unclear. 耂, which is a pictograph of a tree with paper mulberry leaves (original form of 楮), represents the sound.

Example sentences

1. 父は医者です。 — My father is a doctor.
2. 私は医者です。 — I'm a doctor.
3. 医者は何だって？ — What'd the doctor say?
4. お医者さんなの？ — Are you a doctor?
5. 私の父は医者です。 — My father is a doctor.

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