灸 jiǔ to cauterize
to cauterize; moxibustion
怎么记住“灸”: 久 long time + 火 fire = to cauterize. For a long time the old doctor holds a small fire of herbs near the wound, careful to cauterize it without leaving a scar.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
灸 = 久 long time + 火 fire
- 久 long time sound
- 火 fire meaning
For a long time the old doctor holds a small fire of herbs near the wound, careful to cauterize it without leaving a scar.
How it came to be
Fire gives the meaning and the sign for a long time the sound; the word first meant to burn.
用法
- Moxibustion (burning moxa on acupoints) in TCM, chiefly 针灸 (zhēnjiǔ): acupuncture and moxibustion together.
- Note the reading jiǔ and its similarity to 炙 (zhì, to roast). A traditional-medicine term.