1. 药
  2. 方

药

Previous (素)Next (适)
  • 661st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 165 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
药→
艹约
2Radical
药→
艹grass纟silk勹wrap丶dot
3Graphical
药→
艹㇛一㇆㇒丶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yào (yao4)leaf of the iris • variant of 藥|药[yao4]
2. yào (yao4)medicine • drug • cure • CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 药 yào (yao4)The component 约 is pronounced as 'yāo' (yao1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for 药 yào (yao4)The component 约 is pronounced as 'yāo' (yao1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for 药 yào (yao4)The component 约 is pronounced as 'yuē' (yue1). It has the same pinyin initial.
4. Pronunciation clue for 药 yào (yao4)The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin final.
5. Pronunciation clue for 药 yào (yao4)The component 勹 is pronounced as 'bāo' (bao1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

中药 (中藥)
吃药 (吃藥)
安眠药 (安眠藥)
山药 (山藥)
感冒药 (感冒藥)
毒药 (毒藥)
良药 (良藥)
药局 (藥局)
药店 (藥店)
药物 (藥物)
农药 (農藥)
医药 (醫藥)

Uncommon

中草药 (中草藥)
入药 (入藥)
制药 (制藥)
吃错药 (吃錯藥)
对症下药 (對症下藥)
弹药 (彈藥)
服药 (服藥)
止痛药 (止痛藥)
消炎药 (消炎藥)
泻药 (瀉藥)
火药 (火藥)
炸药 (炸藥)
无可救药 (無可救藥)
眼药水 (眼藥水)
膏药 (膏藥)
芍药 (芍藥)
草药 (草藥)
药丸 (藥丸)
药剂 (藥劑)
药品 (藥品)
药房 (藥房)
药方 (藥方)
药材 (藥材)
药水 (藥水)
药片 (藥片)
药瓶 (藥瓶)
药用 (藥用)
药监局 (藥監局)
药膏 (藥膏)
药膳 (藥膳)
补药 (補藥)
西药 (西藥)
解药 (解藥)
退烧药 (退燒藥)
避孕药 (避孕藥)
配药 (配藥)
开药 (開藥)
灵药 (靈藥)
麻药 (麻藥)

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方

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Previous (成)Next (多)
  • 60th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.25% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 334 words
  • Component in 86 characters

Decomposition

1Once
方→
亠No glyph available
2Radical
方→
方square/raft
3Graphical
方→
一丶丿㇆

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fāng (Fang1)surname Fang
2. fāng (fang1)square • power or involution (mathematics) • upright • honest • fair and square • direction • side • party (to a contract, dispute etc) • place • method • prescription (medicine) • just when • only or just • classifier for square things • abbr. for square or cubic meter

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 方 fāng (fang1)The component 方 is pronounced as 'fāng' (fang1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

方 also appears in:
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Example Words

Common

地方 
官方 
对方 (對方)
方便 
方向 
方式 
方法 
方面 
东方 (東方)

Uncommon

下方 
何方 
偏方 
全方位 
前方 
北方 
南方 
大方 
天各一方 
女方 
平方公里 
平方米 
方便面 (方便麵)
方向盘 (方向盤)
方圆 (方圓)
方块 (方塊)
方案 
方程式 
方糖 
方舟 
方言 
次方 
秘方 (祕方)
立方 
西方 
警方 
远方 (遠方)
配方 
双方 (雙方)
魔方 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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