Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
stomach, paunch, crop, craw
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1647 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 胃 【イ】 stomach, Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • 胃腸 【イチョウ】 stomach and intestines, gastrointestinal tract, digestive organs
  • しわ胃 【シワイ】 abomasum
  • 蜂巣胃 【ホウソウイ】 reticulum

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei4
Korean:
wi

Spanish

  • estómago
  • barriga

Portuguese

  • estômago
  • barriga
  • colheita
  • papo de ave

French

  • estomac
  • ventre
  • jabot
546 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
447 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
424 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
885 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3000 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
853 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
844 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1268 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1342 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1105 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1016 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3171 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1631 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2219 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
29 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29348 Morohashi
2561 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4793 New Nelson (John Haig)
29 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
29 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
519 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3646 2001 Kanji
5f4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
6022.7 Four corner code
1-16-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80c3 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
Variants:
medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
Kun:
くすり
On:
ヤク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
702 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 薬 【ヤク】 dope, narcotic, drug
  • 薬価 【ヤッカ】 drug price, cost of medicine
  • 製薬 【セイヤク】 medicine manufacture, drug manufacture
  • 医薬 【イヤク】 medicine, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau

Kun reading compounds

  • 薬 【くすり】 medicine, pharmaceuticals, (legal) drugs, pill, ointment, salve, efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.), (pottery) glaze, (illegal) drug, narcotic, small bribe
  • 薬指 【くすりゆび】 ring finger, third finger, fourth finger (in piano-playing), fourth toe

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yao4
Korean:
yag

Spanish

  • medicina
  • droga

Portuguese

  • remédio
  • produto químico
  • esmalte
  • pólvora
  • benefício

French

  • médicament
  • produit chimique
  • émail
  • poudre à canon
  • bénéfice
521 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
420 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
398 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
541 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4074 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
323 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
247 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2568 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
359 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
360 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
315 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
672 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3011 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1539 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2100 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1752 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32188PX Morohashi
2375 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5224 New Nelson (John Haig)
1736 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1873 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
439 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1964 2001 Kanji
3k13.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
4490.4 Four corner code
1-44-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85ac Unicode hex code