| 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 N1
2010 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 禍 【カ】 disaster, calamity, misfortune
- 禍根 【カコン】 root of an evil, source of a problem, source of trouble, cause of misfortune
- コロナ禍 【コロナカ】 COVID-19 pandemic, coronavirus crisis, COVID-19 crisis
- 惨禍 【サンカ】 calamity, disaster, catastrophe
Kun reading compounds
- 災い 【わざわい】 disaster, calamity, misfortune, trouble, woes
- 災いする 【わざわいする】 to be one's ruin, to do harm, to cause trouble, to have negative consequences, to bring about a bad outcome
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- calamidad
- desgracia
- infortunio
Portuguese
- calamidade
- desgraça
- mal
- maldição
French
- calamité
- malchance
- mal
- malédiction
| 1051 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1753 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3254 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1756 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1581 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1885 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1809 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1948 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1543 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1425 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1304 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 706 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 945 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1300 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24766P | Morohashi |
| 1030 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4102 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1291 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1386 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1653 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 649 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4e9.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-9 | SKIP code |
| 3722.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 798d | Unicode hex code |