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Kanji Detail for 薬 - "medicine, drug"

薬

  • Meaning

    薬 means "medicine, drug." Also associated with to heal.

    1. Medicine - A substance for treating illness.

    2. Drug - A pharmaceutical compound.

    3. Heal - To cure; to remedy.

  • Words using 薬

    • 農薬 のうやく Listen agricultural chemical; agrochemical; agrichemical
    • 医薬品 いやくひん Listen medical and pharmaceutical products; medicinal supplies; drugs
    • 薬物 やくぶつ Listen drug; medicine
    • 薬品 やくひん Listen medicine; drug; chemical (agent)
    • 製薬 せいやく Listen medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
    • 弾薬 だんやく Listen ammunition; ammo
    • 薬剤 やくざい Listen medicine; drug; chemical agent (e.g. pesticide, bleach, lubricant)
    • 新薬 しんやく Listen new medicine; new drug

  • Four-character idioms with 薬

    • 二股膏薬 ふたまたこうやく Listen double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict
    • 内股膏薬 うちまたこうやく Listen double-dealer; fence-sitter; timeserver
    • 自家薬籠 じかやくろう Listen (something that is) available for use at any time; (someone who is) at one's beck and call; (something over which) one has complete mastery
    • 薬九層倍 くすりくそうばい Listen there is a huge markup in medicines, making it a profitable field; medicines sell for ten times the cost of their ingredients
    • 薬石無効 やくせきむこう Listen neither medicines nor medical care having little effect on a patient

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    • Verified meaning: medicine, drug
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read くすり)
    • Also carries these associations: to heal

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 薬

    Surnames 薬(くすり)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    medicine; chemical; enamel; gunpowder; benefit

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    drugs, pharmaceuticals, medicine

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 藥|药

  • Onyomi

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    yaku(ヤク) ヤク

  • Kunyomi

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    kusuri(くすり) くすり

  • Strokes

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    16 strokes

  • Radical

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    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    medicine drug to heal chemical capsule compound cure dose herbal medication pharmaceutical pharmacy pill prescription remedy substance tablet treatment

Sentences including 薬

  • It's time you had a dose of your medicine.

  • I think this medicine will do you a lot of good.

  • If you take this medicine , you will feel better.

  • Take this medicine for your cold three times a day.

  • Do you have some medicine good for a cold?

  • Some medicine does us harm.

  • He never takes medicine for his cold.

  • Sleep is the best medicine for a cold.

  • If you take this medicine , you will feel better.

  • Please bring me some medicine for airsickness.

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