| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
702 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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:
- み
- Korean:
- yag
Spanish
- medicina
- droga
Portuguese
- remédio
- produto químico
- esmalte
- pólvora
- benefício
French
- médicament
- produit chimique
- émail
- poudre à canon
- bénéfice
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1528 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 瓶 【ビン】 bottle, jar, decanter, flagon, phial, vial
- 瓶詰め 【ビンヅメ】 bottling, bottled
- 火炎瓶 【カエンビン】 Molotov cocktail, petrol bomb, gasoline bomb
- 水瓶 【スイビョウ】 portable water vessel (for drinking or washing up)
Kun reading compounds
- 甕 【かめ】 earthenware pot
- 瓶覗 【かめのぞき】 faint indigo blue (traditional Japanese color name)
- 瓶 【へい】 jar or vase with a long narrow neck
- 瓶子 【へいじ】 earthenware pot (used as a decanter), jar, jug
- 大瓶 【たいへい】 large earthenware pot
- 酒瓶 【さかびん】 sake bottle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- べ、 ぺ
- Korean:
- byeong
Spanish
- botella
- frasco
- jarra
- urna
- tarro
Portuguese
- Vaso de flores
- garrafa
- garrafinha
- jarro
- barril
- cântaro
French
- pot de fleurs
- fiole
- pot
- pichet
- cuve
- urne
| 1747 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1665 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2984 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1538 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1388 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1161 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1217 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1822 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1324 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1702 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 908 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1231 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1041 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21486 | Morohashi |
| 1344 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3699 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1032 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1109 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1464 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 956 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o9.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-5 | SKIP code |
| 8141.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-51 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 74f6 | Unicode hex code |