葯

葯 U+846F, 葯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-846F ← 葮 [U+846E] CJK Unified Ideographs 葰 → [U+8470]

葯 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿女火戈 (TVFI), four-corner 4492₇, composition ⿱艹約)

• 藥 (Orthodox traditional form of 葯 when it is used as a variant form - See etymology 2)
• 药 (Simplified form of 藥 in mainland China)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1046, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31451
• Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3259, character 9
• Unihan data for U+846F

trad.		葯
simp.		药*

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qlewɢ, *qreːwɢ) : semantic 艸 (“plant”) + phonetic 約 (OC *ʔlewɢs, *ʔlewɢ).

葯

1. Angelica dahurica
2. orris root
3. leaf of the iris
4. leaf of the Angelica dahurica

• 白芷 (báizhǐ, “Angelica dahurica”)

One of the 324 simplified characters introduced by the Republic of China (Kuomintang government) in 1935 as a simplified form of 藥／药 but was later retracted in 1936. Prior to that 葯 and 藥／药 were two homonyms that were not related with one another.

In the 1956 Chinese Character Simplification Scheme by the People's Republic of China, 葯 was once again listed as a simplified form of 藥／药 which was succeeded by 药 based on the radical simplification of 糹／纟 (sīzìpáng) to 纟 (sīzìpáng).

For pronunciation and definitions of 葯 – see 藥 (“medicine; drug; pharmaceutical; substance used for a particular purpose; etc.”). (This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1964–1986) first-round simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 藥).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

• In modern Taiwan, 葯 is still considered a variant form (異體字／异体字 (yìtǐzì)) of 藥／药.
• In mainland China, 藥／药, rather than 葯 is listed officially as the traditional form of 药.

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03973
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03590-006

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): やく (yaku)、あく (aku)、てき (teki)
• Kun: よろいぐさ (yoroigusa)、まとう (matō)、つつむ (tsutsumu)

Kanji in this term
葯
やく Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 葯 (MC 'aewk|'jak).

• (Tokyo) やく [yáꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ja̠kɯ̟]

葯(やく) • (yaku) 

1. (botany) anther

葯 • (yak, ak) (hangeul 약, 악, revised yak, ak, McCune–Reischauer yak, ak, Yale yak, ak)

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葯: Hán Nôm readings: dược, ước

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