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yào(yao4) // pronunciation of 药 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 药

Unihan definition: leaf of Dahurian angelica plant; medicine

Number of strokes: 9
Examples of other characters consisting of 9 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  140.6

HSK level: 2
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Frequency rank: 662

General standard index number: 1423

Traditional variant:

Examples of words containing this character: 中药, 仙药, 令药, 假药, 入药, 制药, 司药, 吃药, 嗑药, 嗨药, 坐药, 山药, 弹药, 成药, 抓药, 抗药, 春药, 服药, 末药, 毒药, 没药, 汤药, 泻药, 火药, 炸药

English translation (based on CEDICT):

葯|药[yào]:
- leaf of the iris
- variant of |[yao4]
藥|药[yào]:
- medicine
- drug
- substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
- CL:|[zhong3],[fu4],[wei4]
- to poison

Details

Unicode code point: U+836F

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