# 薬 — Medicine

Frequency rank 498 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 割 (Divide), less common than 頃 (Approximate).

- On’yomi: やく
- Kun’yomi: くすり
- Radical: 艸 Grass (Kangxi 140)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

Flowers (艹) provide comfort (楽) — herbal flowers brewed into a soothing tea become natural medicine.

In words:

- 薬 くすり — medicine
- 薬品 やくひん — medicine(s),chemical(s)
- 薬指 くすりゆび — ring finger

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