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9 strokes19 strokes
Character #379 · The First 1000

yào

medicine

medicine; drug; chemical

medicine; drug; chemical; to poison

Strokes
919
TraditionalSimplified
藥 药
Poster cell
O14
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • yàodiàn pharmacy
  • Yàoshuǐ liquid medicine
  • yàopiàn a (medicine) pill or tablet
  • yàowù medicine
  • zhōngyào traditional Chinese medicine
  • yīyào medical care and medicines
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 药藥

Write 药藥 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, yào, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

A4 PDF US Letter PDF
Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell O14 · 28 × 36 grid

药藥 is #379 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 药 mean in English?
药 (yào) means "medicine": medicine; drug; chemical.
How do you pronounce 药?
药 is pronounced yào in pinyin, with the fourth (falling) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄧㄠˋ.
How many strokes does 药 have?
The simplified form, 药, has 9 strokes. The traditional form, 藥, has 19.
What is the traditional form of 药?
The traditional form of 药 is 藥. 药 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 藥 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 药?
Common words that use 药 include 药店 (yàodiàn, pharmacy), 药水 (Yàoshuǐ, liquid medicine), 药片 (yàopiàn, a (medicine) pill or tablet), 药物 (yàowù, medicine).
How common is 药?
药 is number 379 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell O14 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.