Chinese Character 药 Meanings and components.

Form

药

Meaning

药 meaning[3] in English

Leaf Of The Iris.

Variant Of 藥|药[Yao4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 药 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 … (艹) , and to weigh in … (约)

Its radical[1] is: 艸 (cao3) which means: Variant Of 草[Cao3], .艸cao3variant of …

In cangjie it is written with TVMI

How to write 药

To write药yao4leaf of … you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 约yue1to weigh … arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 约 = 药

药 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 药 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 药, looks as follow:

药
Pinyin:yao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Leaf Of The Iris . Variant Of 藥|药[Yao4]
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
约
Pinyin:yue1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Weigh In A Balance Or On A Scale
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
勺
Pinyin:shao2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Spoon . Ladle . Cl:把[Ba3] . Abbr. For 公勺[Gong1 Shao2], Centiliter (Unit Of Volume)
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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