灸

Information about character(s)

Radical: 火
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 7

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiǔ
Cantonese: gau3
JapaneseKun: YAITO
JapaneseOn: KYUU
Korean: KWU
Vietnamese: cứu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: cauterize with moxa; moxibustion

CE-Dict: moxibustion (Chinese medicine)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Chinese Medicine] moxibustion; moxa treatment

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: moxibustion

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: moxibustion

湘雅醫學專業詞典: broil;flame;grilling

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《火部》灸灼也。从火久聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集中】【火字部】灸
【唐韻】【正韻】舉友切【集韻】【韻會】巳有切，𠀤音九。【說文】灼也。【玉篇】𤑔也。【增韻】灼體療病也。【史記·倉公傳】形弊者，不當關灸鑱石及飮毒藥也。　又通作久。【儀禮·士喪禮】幂用疏布久之。【註】久讀爲灸。謂以蓋鬲口也。【疏】灸塞義，謂直用疏布蓋鬲口爲塞也。　又【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤居又切，音救。義同。　又【周禮·冬官考工記·廬人】灸諸牆，以眡其橈之均也。【註】灸猶柱也。【疏】柱之兩牆，觀其體之强弱均否。　又【本草綱目】天灸，白灸，毛莨艸別名。山人截瘧采莨葉，挼貼寸口一夜作泡如火燎，故名。　又姓。見【姓苑】。　【集韻】或書作𤆐。

CF-Dict: cautériser

Han-De-Dict: Moxibustion, Behandlung mit Moxa ( Moxen ) (u.E.) (S, Med)/brennen, ausbrennen (u.E.) (V, Med)/Jiu (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)