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Kanji Detail for 藥 - "medicine, drug"

藥

  • Meaning

    藥 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.

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    • Verified meaning: medicine, drug
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • 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.

  • 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

    medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]; to poison

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Medicine plants. Anything that can cure illness is called 藥. Such as anciently grasses, trees, insects, stones, and grains were called the five medicines. This is the meaning. Medicine is also not limited to treating illness. Such as 迷藥 (hypnotic drugs), 毒藥 (poison) and the like. Therefore being poisoned to death is also called 藥死. | Items that are powdered are also called 藥. Such as 炸藥 (explosives), 銲藥 (solder flux). | To cure. Such as saying 不可救藥 (incurable). Based on the Book of Odes. Also referring to honest advice as 藥石 (medicine stone). Meaning correcting faults is like curing illness. | In gardens, land enclosed with railings is called 藥. In poetry, 藥欄 is often used together. Actually 藥 is 欄 (railing). Appears in "Zixia Lu." | 芍藥 (peony). A flower name. See "芍" for details. Also abbreviated as 藥. - Commonly written as 葯.

  • 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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    18 strokes

  • Radical

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    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    medicine drug heal chemical compound cure dosage herbal medication pharmaceutical pharmacy prescription remedy treatment

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