药 yào
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 约 treaty, covenant, agreement
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
药片
yàopiàn
pill; tablet
Characters in this word
片 piàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 片 — slice, splinter
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 药片很小。 Yào piàn hěn xiǎo. The pill is very small.
- 请吃药片。 Qǐng chī yào piàn. Please take the pill.
- 我买药片。 Wǒ mǎi yào piàn. I buy pills.