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药

yào

Traditional: 藥

medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:[[種|种<zhǒng>]], [[服<fù>]], [[味<wèi>]] / to poison

HSK 2 Very Common (1%)

Character Breakdown

药
yào
drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
HSK 2

Alternate Dictionary Entries

药
yào
leaf of the iris / variant of [[藥|药<yào>]]
HSK 2

Additional Information

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
HSK Word Level
2
Character Frequency
661
Word Frequency
579