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医药

Traditional: 醫藥

yī yào

HSK 3.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

yī yào · ji1 joek6 (Jyutping)

  1. medical care and medicines
  2. medicine (drug)
  3. medical
  4. pharmaceutical

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

医

Meaning
cure, heal; doctor, medical
Radical
匸
Strokes
7
Components
⿷匸矢
Cangjie
SOK
Four-corner
7171.3

药

Meaning
leaf of Dahurian angelica plant; medicine
Radical
艹
Strokes
9
Components
⿱艹约
Cangjie
TVMI
Four-corner
4412

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