剂 (jì) — (classifier) dose (of medicine); (noun) dosage; pharmaceutical preparation
Definition
剂 is the classifier for doses of medicine (一剂). 剂量 refers to the dosage amount itself. Pair 剂 with traditional or prescribed medicine; for Western drugs 量 is also common.
classifier
dose (of medicine)
noun
dosagepharmaceutical preparation
Examples
- 剂。Yī shēng gěi wǒ kāi le qī jì zhōng yào.The doctor prescribed me seven doses of Chinese herbal medicine.
- 剂。Zhè zhǒng xī yào měi tiān zhī chī yí jì.This Western medicine only requires one dose per day.
- ，。Zhōng yī dài fu tiáo zhěng le zhè ge fāng zi de jì liàng, xiào guǒ míng xiǎn gǎi shàn.The Chinese doctor adjusted the dosage of this prescription, and the effect improved significantly.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 劑; 剂 is its simplified writing.
Sound part声符shēngfú
齊
齊qí劑jì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.
In the traditional form 劑, 齊 gives the sound and 刂 (刀, a knife) shows the meaning. The simplified 剂 is a later shorthand.
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