Dictionary/药

药

yào

ㄧㄠˋ 藥
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1medicine
2drug
3substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
4CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]
5to poison

Etymology

pictophonetic · plant

Radical

艹 · drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant

Composition

⿱艹约

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