藥 = 艹 + 樂

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

Keyword: drugs
Pinyin (Mandarin): yào
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: drugs, pharmaceuticals, medicine, медицина, наркотики, фармацевтика, pharmaceuticals, medicine

Decomposition

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艹 grass
樂 happy

How to find 藥 without knowing its reading

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

Open 藥 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.