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 grade 4
JLPT level N2
954 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 包 【ホウ】 counter for packaged goods (esp. powdered medicine)
- 包囲 【ホウイ】 siege, encirclement, envelopment, surrounding, besiegement
- 内包 【ナイホウ】 connotation, comprehension, intension, inclusion, containment within
- 閉包 【ヘイホウ】 closure
Kun reading compounds
- 包む 【つつむ】 to wrap up, to pack, to bundle, to do up, to cover, to envelop, to shroud, to engulf, to conceal (a feeling), to hide, to give (money in an envelope; as a wedding gift, funeral offering, etc.)
- 包む 【くるむ】 to wrap up (in), to roll up (in), to tuck (up)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 かね
- Korean:
- po
Spanish
- envolver
- empaquetar
- cubrir
Portuguese
- movimentar
- embrulhar
- capa
- esconde
French
- emballer
- envelopper
- recouvrir
- cacher
511 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
611 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
583 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1112 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
176 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
369 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
377 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
218 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
804 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
819 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1013 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
230 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3684 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1880 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2560 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
536 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2506P | Morohashi |
2966 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
572 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
530 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
569 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
456 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2556 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-3 | SKIP code |
4-5-2 | SKIP code |
2771.2 | Four corner code |
1-42-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5305 | Unicode hex code |