药

See also: 藥 and 葯

药	U+836F, 药 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-836F

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Stroke order

药 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿女一戈 (TVMI), four-corner 4412₇, composition ⿱艹约)

藥 (Orthodox traditional form of 药)
葯 (Originally listed as a simplified form of 藥 in 1935, also a variant form of 藥 in modern Taiwan)

Simplified from 藥, which was originally simplified as 葯／药 by the Republic of China (Kuomintang government) in 1935 and by the People's Republic of China in 1956 before being simplified to its present form.

For pronunciation and definitions of 药 – see 藥 (“medicine; drug; pharmaceutical; substance used for a particular purpose; etc.”). (This character, 药, is the simplified form of 藥.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Simplified from 葯 (約 → 约) (original sense unrelated to 藥), based on simplification of its radical component.

For pronunciation and definitions of 药 *– see 葯 (“Angelica dahurica; orris root; etc.”).* (This character, 药, is the simplified form of 葯.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

In mainland China, 藥／药, rather than 葯／药 is listed officially as the traditional form of 药.

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