葯

See also 药

Translingual

Han character

葯 (radical 140 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿女火戈 (TVFI), four-corner 4492₇)

1. orris root
2. leaf of the iris
3. medicine

References

• KangXi: page 1046, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31451
• Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3259, character 9
• Unihan data for U+846F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

葯 (simplified 药, Yale yeuk1, yeuk6)

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Japanese

Kanji

葯

Readings

• On: やく (yaku), あく (aku), てき (teki)
• Kun: よろいぐさ (yoroigusa), まとう (matou), つつむ (tsutsumu)

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Korean

Hanja

葯 (hangeul 약, 악, revised yak, ak, McCune-Reischauer yak, ak, Yale yak, ak)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

葯 (simplified 药, pinyin yào (yao4), Wade-Giles yao⁴)