The kanji 薬: meaning, readings and stroke order

薬

Meaning: medicine
On reading: ヤク yaku
Kun reading: くすり kusuri
Strokes: 16
Radical: 艸 grass
Level: Level 3 · grade 3
Old form: 藥

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thuốc (dược)
Japanese: くすり。
Korean: 약
Chinese: 药

Readings, words and example sentences

ヤク yaku · on reading

薬やっ局きょく
pharmacy, drugstore
駅の近くに 薬やっ局きょくがあります。
There is a pharmacy near the station.

くすり kusuri · kun reading

薬くすり
medicine
食後に 薬くすりを飲みます。
I take my medicine after eating.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.