| 1405 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1997 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3192 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1760 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1570 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1855 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2011 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1552 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1404 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1520 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 804 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1097 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 116 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24201P | Morohashi |
| 1185 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4007 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 115 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 120 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1572 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
nitrate, saltpeter
- On:
- ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2154 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 硝酸 【ショウサン】 nitric acid
- 硝煙 【ショウエン】 gunpowder smoke
- 芒硝 【ボウショウ】 sal mirabilis, mirabilite, sodium sulfate decahydrate, sodium sulphate decahydrate
- 石灰芒硝 【セッカイボウショウ】 glauberite
Readings
- Korean:
- cho, so
Spanish
- nitrato
- pólvora
Portuguese
- nitrato
- salitre
French
- nitrate
- salpêtre
| 3346 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5a7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-7 | SKIP code |
| 1962.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 785d | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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 |