藥 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「艸」+音符「樂」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ヤク

Kun (native)

• くすり

Other languages

• 拼音yao4
• 拼音yue4
• 한글yag
• Hán-ViệtDược

infoBasics

Strokes

18 strokes

Radical

艸(くさ)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+85E5

grid_viewComponents

• 幺よう
• 艹くさかんむり
• 木き
• 白しろ

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹樂

compare_arrowsVariants

• 薬Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-3-15

Four Corner

4490.4

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3k13.15

Nelson

4085