Hanja Analyzer
藥

藥 — 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
Jinmeiyō kanji
Japanese standard form
薬 (Grade 3)
Strokes
18
Radical
艸 (140, 15 residual)
Phonetic component
樂
Unicode
U+85E5

Parts that make up 藥

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 樂 즐길 락, 노래 악, 좋아할 요sound 나무 받침에 얹은 악기풍류와 즐거움. ‘악·락·요’ 세 소리를 갖는다

How 藥 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 藥 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 樂.

Korean example words with 藥

  • 약독藥毒 Korean gloss: 약의 독기
  • 약명藥名 Korean gloss: 약의 이름
  • 약효藥效 Korean gloss: 약의 효험
  • 약성藥性 Korean gloss: 약재의 성질
  • 산약散藥 Korean gloss: 가루로 된 약
  • 약병藥甁 Korean gloss: 약을 담는 병
  • 약통藥桶 Korean gloss: 약을 담는 통
  • 사약死藥 Korean gloss: 먹으면 죽는 약
  • 신약新藥 Korean gloss: 새로 발명한 약
  • 약초藥草 Korean gloss: 약으로 쓰는 풀
  • 약액藥液 Korean gloss: 약으로 쓰는 액체
  • 창약瘡藥 Korean gloss: 부스럼에 쓰는 약

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Characters sharing the phonetic 樂

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

櫟 爍 礫 躒 轢 鑠

Other hanja read “약”

叒 喲 弱 瀹 爚 禴 篛 籥 約 若 葯 蒻 薬 躍 鑰 鰯 鶸 龠

Other hanja with radical 艸

艸 艽 艾 芃 芄 芈 芊 芋 芍 芎 芐 芑 芒 芔 芘 芙 芚 芝 芟 芡 芢 芣 芥 芦 芧 芨 芩 芪 芫 芬 芭 芮 芯 芰 花 芳 芷 芸 芹 芻 芼 芽 芾 芿 苅 苑 苒 苓 苔 苕 苗 苙 苛 苜 苞 苟 苠 苡 苢 苣

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