Chinese Character 薬 Meanings and components.

Form

薬

Meaning

薬 meaning[3] in English

Japanese Variant Of 藥|药.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 薬 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 Japanese variant of … (楽)

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

In cangjie it is written with TIOD

How to write 薬

To write薬yao4Japanese variant … you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 楽le4Japanese variant … arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 楽 = 薬

薬 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

薬
Pinyin:yao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Japanese Variant Of 藥|药
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
楽
Pinyin:le4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Japanese Variant Of 樂|乐[Le4]
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]
白
Pinyin:bai2
Meaning[3]: Surname Bai
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu

Notes

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

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

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