Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Medicine

Alternatives

Drug, Drugs

Mnemonic

Flowers can be used for comfort, but also for medicine. Sure, it’s a comfort to smell flowers because they smell nice, but one can also use them as medicine to heal people.

Readings

On’yomi

やく

Kun’yomi

くすり

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The best way to transport all the medicine on land is with a yak (やく). Yaks are big, strong, and very capable of transporting flower medicine like these.

Visually Similar Kanji

Found In Vocabulary