药 in English yao4 Meaning

Meanings


    • leaf of the iris
    • variant of 藥|药[yao4]

    • medicine
    • drug
    • substance used for a specific purpose (for example: poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
    • Classifier種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]
    • to poison

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Traditional Characters

Pinyin

yao4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

yao4leaf of the iris