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
药水
yàoshuǐ
liquid medicine
Characters in this word
水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 药水很苦。 Yào shuǐ hěn kǔ. The liquid medicine is bitter.
- 喝点药水。 Hē diǎn yào shuǐ. Drink some liquid medicine.
- 药水在这里。 Yào shuǐ zài zhè lǐ. The liquid medicine is here.