漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
薬: medicine, chemical
Also: enamel, gunpowder, benefit
JLPT N316 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
艹 carries the meaning · 楽 gives the sound
16 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ヤクyaku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 薬品やくひんmedicine, chemical [n.]
- 薬局やっきょくpharmacy
- 薬味やくみspice
- 麻薬まやくnarcotic drug
- 火薬かやくgunpowder
- 農薬のうやくagricultural chemicals
- 胃腸薬いちょうやくmedicine for digestion
くすりkusuri · kun'yomi · on its own
- 薬くすりmedicine
- 薬屋くすりやpharmacy
- 薬指くすりゆびring finger
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ヤク
8 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 药 · traditional 藥 · yào
Three different forms: Japanese 薬, simplified 药, traditional 藥.
- Simplified
- 药 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 藥 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yào most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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