薬 = 艹 + 楽

薬 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “drugs”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 楽 (happy).

Keyword: drugs
Pinyin (Mandarin): yào
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: drugs, pharmaceuticals, medicine, медицина, наркотики, фармацевтика, pharmaceuticals, medicine
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 薬 medicine

Decomposition

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艹 grass
楽 happy

How to find 薬 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “happy”. 薬 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 薬 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.