一切經音義 30.68

30.68

醫者 [Physician] (The upper character is fanqie 倚 + 箕 [yī]. The Guangya says: '醫 means a shaman-healer.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'The skill of curing illness; 醫 means intention (意). When 醫 serves as a surname, it obtains alcohol and administers medicine; hence the character 醫 has the radical 酉, which is the ancient character for alcohol. The Rites of Zhou states that in antiquity the shaman Peng first practiced medicine, so writing it with the shaman radical 巫 is also acceptable.' The phonetic component 殹 is fanqie 伊 + 計 [yī]).