劑 is a phono-semantic compound:
Semantic element: 刀 (knife) – suggesting cutting or dividing materials (like herbs).
齊 (to be even/orderly) - phonetic element.

Originally refers to cutting and preparing herbs for medicine.
Broader meaning evolved into:
약제 (藥劑) – medicinal preparation;
조제 (調劑) – compounding/dosing.
More abstractly, can mean to regulate, to adjust.

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Vocabulary

to put together, to arrange, to construct

crown, cap, to crown, foremost

to freeze, to be cold

to carve, to engrave, to publish

to benefit, to profit, to be advantageous

front, before, earlier, ahead, in the future

secondary, auxiliary


unicode: U+526F

to start, to begin, to wound, to originate, to create

medicine, preparation, to dose

to help, to assist, to be beneficial, to be of use

to move, to act

power, force, influence, momentum

to become, to transform

thousand, 1000, one-thousandth

ovum, egg

to reach, to extend to, to affect, to touch

to receive, to accept

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劑

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