药

See also 藥, 薬, and 葯

Translingual

Etymology

see traditionals

Han character

药 (radical 140 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿女一戈 (TVMI))

1. leaf of Dahurian angelica plant (葯)
2. medicine (藥)
3. 药材. Medicinal materials or materia medica in traditional Chinese medicine. This includes herbs, minerals and other non-plant-based materials.

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1031, character 38
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3212, character 13
• Unihan data for U+836F

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

药 (traditional 葯, 藥, pinyin yào (yao4), Wade-Giles yao⁴)

See also

• 医学
• 医生
• 大夫

Compounds

药材 (yàocái) 药物 (yàowù) 中药 (zhōngyào) 中药材 (zhōngyàocái) 药补 药草 药叉 药茶 药单、药单儿 药典 药店 药饵 药方、药方儿 药房 药粉 药膏 药罐子 药剂 药检 药劲儿 药酒 药理 药力 药棉 药面、药面儿 药捻儿 药捻子 药碾子 药农 药片、药片儿 药品 药铺

药膳 药石 药水、药水儿 药丸、药丸儿 药味、药味儿 药物 药箱 药效 药械 药性 药学 药引子 药皂 药渣、药渣儿 芍药 山药 补益药 解表药 清热药 泻下药 温里药 利湿药 芳香化湿药 行气药 祛风药 活血祛瘀药 止血药 平肝药 安神药 固涩药 消导药 抗疟药 驱虫药

References

• 2005, State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC, Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volumes I/II/III), Chemical Industry Press, ISBN 7117069821: