剂
jì · HSK 7
dose (medicine)
💊 齐 (even) + 刂 (knife) = a knife cuts the medicine into even, measured doses
The 刂 knife radical means cutting; 齐 means even or uniform. Together: medicine portioned out evenly by the blade into one measured dose. Also seen in 药剂 (yàojì), a medicinal preparation.
剂 — knife radical 刂 + 齐 (qí)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The knife radical 刂 suggests cutting or preparing, while 齐 supplies the sound. Originally it referred to evenly cut or measured doses of medicine, which is why it now means a dose, preparation, or agent (as in medicine or cleaning agents).