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  *火* | 火* | *火
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
HSK 3
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  *点* | 点* | *点
to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts
HSK 1
traditional Chinese medicine / CL: , 種|种
HSK 5
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  *尺* | 尺* | *尺
a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL: ,
HSK 4
Chinese traditional medicine
hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations
HSK 7-9
depletion of the spleen (Chinese medicine)
Chinese herbal medicine
dizziness, nausea etc brought on as a side effect of drug treatment (Chinese medicine)
traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine
illness having to do with obstruction of urine flow / (Chinese medicine) / retention of urine
prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
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  *楚* | 楚* | *楚
distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old)
traditional Chinese medicine / TCM
to concoct / to invent / to fabricate / to produce / to process / processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
Chinese herbal medicine
unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方, one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方) / metaphorically. a good solution
sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine / administrative subdivision of banner (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow)
mind / state of mind / attention / (Chinese medicine) psychic constitution
to combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.)
to alleviate fever (medicine) / to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine)
sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine
doctor (Chinese medicine) / ancient official title / companions (respectful)
(of the heart) palpitating with fear / palpitation (Chinese medicine)
dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine)
Chinese traditional medicine
the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor / see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻 / the four directions / the four limbs (Chinese medicine) / four-dimensional
to grow the intellect / Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine)
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
qi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine)
(Chinese medicine) the seven kinds of prescriptions 大方, 小方, 緩方|缓方, 急方, 奇方, 偶方 and 重方 or 複方|复方
cultivated land / in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa)
blocked or painful urination, constipation and vomiting (Chinese medicine)
a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica
Chinese and Western medicine / a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine
eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *邪* | 邪* | *邪
demonic / iniquitous / nefarious / evil / unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine) / (coll.) strange / abnormal
HSK 7-9
Armillariella tabescens (mushroom used in trad. Chinese medicine)
four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
meeting points of qi (in Chinese medicine)
monk fruit, the sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a vine of the Curcubitaceae family native to southern China and northern Thailand, used in Chinese medicine
Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) / cork-tree bark (Chinese medicine)
peach kernel, used in Chinese medicine
bodily fluids (general term in Chinese medicine)
the three energies of Chinese medicine: , 氣|气, and
orchid / fragrant thoroughwort / (botany) Eupatorium fortunei / Herba Eupatorii (used in Chinese medicine)
to clear internal heat (Chinese Medicine)
localized pain disorder (in Chinese medicine) / arthralgia syndrome / bi disorder
to detoxify / to relieve fever (in Chinese medicine)
bamboo shavings (Bambusa tuldoides) used in Chinese medicine
medical practice (Chinese medicine) (old)
penis (Chinese medicine)
to improve blood circulation (Chinese medicine)
tisane / decoction (Chinese medicine)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臑* | 臑* | *臑
biceps (in Chinese medicine) / (arch.) forelimbs of livestock animal
to decrease internal heat (Chinese medicine)
to relieve oedema through purging or diuresis (Chinese medicine)
far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine
Amomom (fructus Amomi), plant used in Chinese medicine
fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), used in Chinese medicine
acupuncture and moxibustion (Chinese medicine)
Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,〸 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine / also called 草碼|草码
a type of poisonous fungus that grows on reeds, used in Chinese medicine to help cure patients suffering from ascaris (parasitic worms)
prescription / recipe (Chinese medicine)
scrofula (in Chinese medicine)
condition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine)
headache (Chinese medicine)
day lily (Hemerocallis), used in Chinese medicine and cuisine
Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine
morinda root (Morinda officinalis), plant used in Chinese medicine
(in Chinese medicine) stasis (of blood or other fluids)
schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *芫* | 芫* | *芫
lilac daphne (Daphne genkwa), used in Chinese herbal medicine
the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩, nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine
Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine
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  *怸* | 怸* | *怸
obscure variant of / Achyranthes bidentata, a root used in Chinese medicine, equivalent to 牛膝


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