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薬 means 'medicine'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 621   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-15    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 28    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 121 words   Used in 382 words   Used in 345 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ヤク
Kun
   くすり medicine
Additional readings
Name    み
Variants
藥  
Components
⿱  艹 (艸) grass  楽 music; happy  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 薬 is used 10 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 薬 is used 371 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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ヤク : 301 words FIND ALL
や く ひ ん 0
noun
medicine; chemicals
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ヤク (read as やっ) : 10 words FIND ALL
や っ き ょ く 0
pharmacy; chemist (shop); drugstore
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くすり : 26 words FIND ALL
く す り 0
noun
1. medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs
2. efficacious chemical (i.e. gunpowder, pesticide, etc.)
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くすり (read as ぐすり) : 34 words FIND ALL
め ぐ す り 2
noun
eye drops; eyewash
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An additional 12 less common words include 薬 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 420 (originally: 398)  Joy o' Kanji : 398  Key to Kanji: 1018 

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薬
ヤク   くすり medicine   
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楽
ガク   ラク    music   たのしい happy, pleasant   たのしむ to be happy   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
⺢
スイ   みず water   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
艹
grass   
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