药

Traditional: 葯

yào

Dictionary entry

leaf of the iris

What does 药 mean?

药 (yào) has 2 dictionary entries or readings.

1leaf of the iris

2variant of 藥|药[yao4]

3medicine

4drug

5substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)

6CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]

7to poison

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药yàoleaf of the iris · variant of 藥|药[yao4]

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药

yào

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