(yào)

medicine

How 藥 is written

Strokes
19
Radical
— grass
Traditional
Simplified

Components

Common words using 藥

中藥 zhōngyào
(traditional) Chinese medicine; CL:服[fu4],種|种[zhong3]
吃藥 chīyào
to take medicine
山藥 shānyao
Dioscorea opposita; yam
藥店 yàodiàn
pharmacy
藥物 yàowù
medicaments; pharmaceuticals; medication
中草藥 zhōngcǎoyào
Chinese herbal medicine
入藥 rùyào
to use in medicine
制藥 zhìyào
to manufacture medicine
吃錯藥 chīcuòyào
confused (slang)
安眠藥 ānmiányào
sleeping pill; CL:粒[li4]
對症下藥 duìzhèngxiàyào
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it; to take appropriate steps
彈藥 dànyào
ammunition

藥 in a sentence

感冒要記得按時吃藥。

Gǎnmào yào jìdé ànshí chī yào.

“Remember to take medicine on time when you have a cold.”

How common is 藥?

藥 is the 661st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 81.7% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 藥

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