Hanja Analyzer
薬

薬 — yak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
약 약
Romanization
yak
English
drugs, pharmaceuticals, medicine
Mandarin
yào
Japanese on'yomi
ヤク, シャク, リャク
Japanese kun'yomi
くすり
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#702 of 2,500
Strokes
16
Variant forms
藥
Radical
艸 (140, 13 residual)
Unicode
U+85AC

Parts that make up 薬

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 楽

Japanese words with 薬

  • 薬くすり medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs
  • 麻薬まやく narcotic; drug; dope
  • 農薬のうやく agricultural chemical; agrochemical; agrichemical
  • 医薬品いやくひん medical and pharmaceutical products; medicinal supplies; drugs
  • 薬物やくぶつ drug; medicine
  • 製薬せいやく medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
  • 薬品やくひん medicine; drug; chemical (agent)
  • 弾薬だんやく ammunition; ammo
  • 薬剤やくざい medicine; drug; chemical agent (e.g. pesticide, bleach, lubricant)
  • 火薬かやく gunpowder; powder
  • 新薬しんやく new medicine; new drug
  • 薬局やっきょく pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop)

Other hanja read “약”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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