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藥

Simplified: 药

On the HSK 2 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A1.

yào ㄧㄠˋ

    • medicine
    • drug
    • substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
    • to poison

Other words read yào

In the same tone

  • 要 yào want
  • 葯 yào leaf of the iris
  • 耀 yào brilliant
  • 鷂 yào sparrow hawk
  • 曜 yào bright

All 7 words read yào

yao with other tones

  • 約 yāo weigh in a balance or on a scale
  • 咬 yǎo bite
  • 腰 yāo pocket
  • 幺 yāo youngest
  • 搖 yáo shake

All 52 words read yao in any tone

How 藥 is written

    部首 radical
    艹 a form of 艸
    笔画 strokes
    18, with 15 after the 部首 The drawing takes 19 strokes, writing 艹 in another form.
    结构 structure
    上下结构
    偏旁 parts
    艹樂
    形旁 meaning
    艹
    声旁 sound
    樂

    Words with 藥

    Starting with 藥

    • 藥物 yàowù medicaments
    • 藥品 yàopǐn medicaments
    • 藥材 yàocái medicinal ingredient
    • 藥用 yàoyòng medicinal use
    • 藥師 yàoshī pharmacist

    All 51 words starting with 藥

    Ending with 藥

    • 醫藥 yīyào medicine
    • 彈藥 dànyào ammunition
    • 中藥 zhōngyào traditional Chinese medicine
    • 製藥 zhìyào manufacture medicine
    • 火藥 huǒyào gunpowder

    All 118 words ending with 藥

    Containing 藥

    All 31 words containing 藥

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 藥

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