藥

See also: 药 and 薬

Translingual

Han character

藥 (radical 140 艸+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿女戈木 (TVID), four-corner 4490₄)

1. drugs, pharmaceuticals, medicine

References

• KangXi: page 1065, character 47
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32341
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3320, character 11
• Unihan data for U+85E5

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Cantonese

Hanzi

藥 (simplified 药, Jyutping joek6, Yale yeuk6)

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Japanese

Kanji

藥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 薬)

1. A medicine, a drug.

Readings

• On: やく (yaku)
• Kun: くすり (kusuri)

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Korean

Hanja

藥 (yak) (hangeul 약, revised yak, McCune-Reischauer yak, Yale yak)

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Compounds

• 藥酒

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Mandarin

Hanzi

藥 (simplified 药, Pinyin yào (yao4), Wade-Giles yao⁴)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

藥 (*iɑk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

藥 (dược, ước)

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