yào

medicine; drug

HSK 2 #662

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 662nd character
Radical ⾋ (140.6)
Strokes 9
Index # 1423
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

药 yào
  1. 1. medicine
  2. 2. drug
  3. 3. substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
  4. 4. to poison
  5. 5. variant of yào
  6. 6. leaf of the iris
  7. 7. CL zhǒng,,wèi

Stroke order

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Words containing 药

Word Meaning
gunpowder
medicine; medication; drug
explosive (material)
medicine; drug; medicaments
poison
ammunition
a (medicine) pill or tablet
painkiller; analgesic; anodyne
sleeping pill
to take medicine
pill
drug; medicine; medicament
medical care and medicines; pharmaceutical; medical
pharmacy
hallucinogen; psychedelic drug
pharmacy; drugstore
pharmacist; chemist; drugstore
to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc); to poison
herbal medicine
to manufacture medicine
oral contraceptive
ointment
anesthetic; narcotic; chloroform
medicine in liquid form; lotion; bottled medicine
anesthetic
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