药 in English yao4 Meaning

Meanings

  • 葯
    • leaf of the iris
    • variant of 藥|药[yao4]
  • 藥
    • medicine
    • drug
    • substance used for a specific purpose (for example: poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
    • Classifier種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]
    • to poison

Simplified Characters

药

Traditional Characters

葯 藥

Pinyin

yao4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

药yao4leaf of the iris