薬
commonmedicine; chemical; enamel; gunpowder; benefit
Radical: 艹 (grass). Strokes: 16画. Elements: 日木冫⺾. Variants: 藥. . Hangul: 약 [yag]. Nanori: みmi.
Jōyō Kanji 3rd Grade. JLPT N3.
Example compounds:
| ヤクYAKU | 服薬【ふくやくfukuyaku】taking medicine 薬師如来【やくしにょらいyakushinyorai】Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills) 薬理【やくりyakuri】effects of drugs |
| くすりkusuri | 薬代【くすりだいkusuridai】charge for medicine 薬指【くすりゆびkusuriyubi】ring finger; fourth finger 薬【くすりkusuri】medicine; efficacious chemical (i.e. gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; small bribe |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 85ac | – | Unicode |
| 44-84 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 2-3-13 | – | SKIP |
| 3k13.15 | – | TKD |
| 4490.4 | – | Four Corner |
| 1964 | – | De Roo |
| 4074 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 5224 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 2375 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1539 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1736 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 541 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 2568 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 323 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 32188PX | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 9 p. 964 |
| 398 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 359 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 521 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 247 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 420 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 439 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 315 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 2.6 | – | Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT |
| 672 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1752 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |