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药物

Traditional: 藥物

yào wù

HSK 3.0 · 4

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yào wù · joek6 mat6 (Jyutping)

  1. medicaments
  2. pharmaceuticals
  3. medication
  4. medicine
  5. drug

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

药

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

物

Meaning
thing, substance, creature
Radical
牛
Strokes
8
Components
⿰牛勿
Cangjie
HQPHH
Four-corner
2752.0

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