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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

702 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit

Kunyomi: くすり

Onyomi: ヤク

Composition: 艹 楽

薬

Radical

Radical: 艸

Reading: くさかんむり

Meaning: grass

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

薬品(やくひん)   medicine, chemical [n.]

薬局(やっきょく)   pharmacy

薬味(やくみ)   spice

麻薬(まやく)   narcotic drug

火薬(かやく)   gunpowder

農薬(のうやく)   agricultural chemicals

胃腸薬(いちょうやく)   medicine for digestion

薬(くすり)   medicine

薬屋(くすりや)   pharmacy

薬指(くすりゆび)   ring finger

Onyomi Examples

薬 (ヤク) dope, narcotic, drug

薬価 (ヤッカ) drug price, cost of medicine

製薬 (セイヤク) medicine manufacture, drug manufacture

医薬 (イヤク) medicine, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau

Kunyomi Examples

薬 (くすり) medicine, pharmaceuticals, (legal) drugs, pill, ointment, salve, efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.), (pottery) glaze, (illegal) drug, narcotic, small bribe

薬指 (くすりゆび) ring finger, third finger, fourth finger (in piano-playing), fourth toe

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