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
Radical: 艸
Reading: くさかんむり
Meaning: grass
Strokes: 3
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
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
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