Read Edit View history 药 yào HSK2 medicine Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 约 represents the sound. Simplified form of 藥. Pinyin Separate values with commas yào × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 藥 ×葯 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 药 Simp strokes 药 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 药 Simp strokes 药 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 药 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 196, 650 ], [ 205, 645 ], [ 274, 644 ], [ 471, 675 ], [ 774, 708 ], [ 822, 704 ], [ 859, 689 ] ], [ [ 353, 770 ], [ 375, 760 ], [ 394, 742 ], [ 424, 597 ] ], [ [ 614, 835 ], [ 629, 827 ], [ 648, 795 ], [ 608, 668 ], [ 580, 600 ] ], [ [ 323, 564 ], [ 342, 539 ], [ 346, 513 ], [ 239, 359 ], [ 234, 336 ], [ 342, 326 ], [ 365, 337 ] ], [ [ 433, 446 ], [ 445, 426 ], [ 446, 402 ], [ 307, 232 ], [ 298, 219 ], [ 293, 190 ], [ 328, 186 ], [ 451, 222 ] ], [ [ 180, 50 ], [ 235, 34 ], [ 492, 141 ] ], [ [ 614, 575 ], [ 633, 556 ], [ 641, 536 ], [ 616, 483 ], [ 548, 385 ], [ 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320 575 Q 310 574 314 558 Q 326 522 253 410 Q 237 386 207 364 Q 188 352 189 340 Q 190 322 203 304 Q 212 292 225 298 Q 238 304 356 317 C 386 320 403 336 373 339 Z", "M 356 317 Q 268 208 241 195 Q 228 186 230 172 Q 231 159 255 139 Q 265 127 280 138 Q 340 180 437 208 Q 456 212 459 221 Q 462 231 442 228 Q 390 221 327 205 Q 302 198 319 217 Q 431 350 487 392 Q 500 401 494 412 Q 485 431 453 452 Q 438 462 429 459 Q 419 458 420 441 Q 420 411 373 339 L 356 317 Z", "M 181 63 Q 168 62 167 51 Q 166 38 174 30 Q 196 14 230 -4 Q 240 -7 252 2 Q 273 20 446 103 Q 468 113 485 127 Q 498 134 498 144 Q 492 150 480 147 Q 231 62 181 63 Z", "M 629 460 Q 665 517 675 523 Q 682 532 679 543 Q 675 553 652 572 Q 630 587 614 586 Q 599 585 606 567 Q 619 537 564 442 Q 539 399 501 349 Q 494 342 491 336 Q 488 326 500 329 Q 524 332 582 402 Q 592 415 606 429 L 629 460 Z", "M 703 39 Q 687 38 608 78 Q 599 81 599 76 Q 598 72 608 63 Q 657 12 678 -24 Q 691 -46 705 -46 Q 723 -47 740 -28 Q 803 23 819 154 Q 832 242 837 377 Q 838 408 857 431 Q 869 444 868 452 Q 867 459 847 472 Q 822 490 788 499 Q 766 505 710 485 Q 658 469 629 460 C 600 451 576 425 606 429 Q 765 448 767 447 L 768 446 Q 780 415 774 259 Q 768 148 734 71 Q 721 41 703 39 Z", "M 563 270 Q 585 248 610 219 Q 620 207 634 206 Q 644 206 649 217 Q 655 229 649 255 Q 643 285 563 312 Q 550 316 544 315 Q 540 312 540 300 Q 541 290 563 270 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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