Read Edit View history 藥 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 樂 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas yào × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 药 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 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 藥 Simp strokes 藥 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 藥 Simp strokes 藥 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 藥 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 348, 824 ], [ 368, 815 ], [ 388, 796 ], [ 420, 658 ] ], [ [ 192, 722 ], [ 246, 706 ], [ 463, 756 ] ], [ [ 607, 863 ], [ 620, 857 ], [ 639, 829 ], [ 615, 741 ], [ 583, 660 ] ], [ [ 585, 762 ], [ 641, 761 ], [ 774, 782 ], [ 821, 778 ], [ 841, 769 ] ], [ [ 493, 689 ], [ 510, 666 ], [ 464, 592 ] ], [ [ 425, 584 ], [ 440, 565 ], [ 446, 538 ], [ 440, 392 ], [ 446, 356 ] ], [ [ 457, 575 ], [ 470, 570 ], [ 547, 593 ], [ 577, 576 ], [ 572, 410 ], [ 565, 382 ], [ 571, 347 ] ], [ [ 469, 466 ], [ 488, 479 ], [ 534, 481 ] ], [ [ 464, 373 ], [ 477, 385 ], [ 526, 390 ], [ 536, 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