medicine
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药 is a 9 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as yào in the fourth tone.
In traditional Chinese the characters 藥 or 葯 may be used instead.
It is made up of the components 艹 (grass) and 约 (appointment).
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 药
Definitions for 药 pronounced as yào
- medicine
- drug
- substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
- CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]
- to poison
- leaf of the iris
- variant of 藥|药[yao4]
Vocabulary
The most common words for 药 — see all
- pharmacy
- to take medicine
- medicaments
- pharmaceuticals
- medication
- medicine
- drug
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