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KanjiN3Grade 3 · 小316 strokesRadical 艸

薬 · medicine, chemical

薬 is a kanji meaning medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder. It has 16 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ヤクyaku

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • くすりkusuri

Practise the N3 kanji

In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 薬 · 6 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 薬
WordReadingMeaningLevel
薬くすりmedicineN5
薬指くすりゆびring fingerN2
農薬のうやくagricultural chemicalsN2
薬品やくひんmedicine(s), chemical(s)N2
薬局やっきょくpharmacy, drugstoreN2
~薬やくmedicineN1

Example sentence

いい薬はありますか。

いいくすりはありますか

Is there any good medicine?

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #229321 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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