薬 — kanji meaning “medicine”
薬
medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
- Meanings
- medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
- On'yomi
- ヤク (yaku)
- Kun'yomi
- くすり
- Name readings
- み
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #702 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- yào
Words with 薬
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麻薬 | まやく mayaku | narcotic; drug; dope |
| 医薬品 | いやくひん iyakuhin | medical and pharmaceutical products; medicinal supplies; drugs |
| 製薬 | せいやく seiyaku | medicine manufacture; drug manufacture |
| 薬品 | やくひん yakuhin | medicine; drug |
| 薬局 | やっきょく yakkyoku | pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop) |
| 火薬 | かやく kayaku | gunpowder; powder |
| 薬物 | やくぶつ yakubutsu | drug; medicine |
| 農薬 | のうやく nouyaku | agricultural chemical; agrochemical; agrichemical |
| 弾薬 | だんやく dan'yaku | ammunition; ammo |
| 漢方薬 | かんぽうやく kanpouyaku | Chinese herbal medicine |
| 薬剤 | やくざい yakuzai | medicine; drug |
| 爆薬 | ばくやく bakuyaku | explosive; blasting powder |
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