薬 — medicine, chemical, enamel

くすり薬 medicine

くすり

U+85AC Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #702 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1873 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

medicine
chemical
enamel
gunpowder
benefit

Readings

On'yomi: やく yaku
Kun'yomi: くすり kusuri

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くすり・ぐすり kusuri Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

薬(くすり) kusuri medicine 目(め) 薬(ぐすり) megusuri eye drops 薬(くすり) 指(ゆび) kusuriyubi ring finger

やく yaku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

農(のう) 薬(やく) nouyaku agricultural chemicals 薬(やく) 物(ぶつ) yakubutsu drug 医(い) 薬(やく) 品(ひん) iyakuhin pharmaceutical 薬(やく) 品(ひん) yakuhin medicine 医(い) 薬(やく) iyaku medicine 新(しん) 薬(やく) shinyaku new medicine 投(とう) 薬(やく) touyaku administration 漢(かん) 方(ぽう) 薬(やく) kanpouyaku Chinese herbal medicine

やっ ya

薬(やっ) 局(きょく) yakkyoku pharmacy 薬(やっ) 価(か) yakka drug price

Words by frequency and grade

23 words

Each dot is a word containing 薬: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 11 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

良薬は口に苦し諺

good medicine is bitter to the mouth

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艹 grass

らく楽 comfort

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#140 艸 grass

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くすり・ぐすり kusuri Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

やく yaku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

やっ ya

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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薬 — medicine, chemical, enamel

Remember 薬

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Readings

word

くすり ・ぐすり kusuri Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

やく yaku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

やっ ya

Words by frequency and grade

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

くすり・ぐすり kusuri Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).