EntryCommonJLPT N5WaniKani 17
  1. Noun

    medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs; pill; ointment; salve

    この薬を飲めば、あなたは頭痛が治るでしょう。
    The medicine will cure your headache.
  2. efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.)

  3. (pottery) glaze

  4. (illegal) drug; narcotic

    esp. クスリsee see やく

  5. small bribe

    see 鼻薬

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medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit

Kun
くすり
On
ヤク
Strokes
16
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
702 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 17

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Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-13SKIP code
3k13.15The Kanji Dictionary
4490.4Four corner code
1964deroo
85acUnicode hex code
1-44-84JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4074Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5224New Nelson (John Haig)
2375New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3011Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1539Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2100Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1736Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1873Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
541A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2568Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
323Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
32188PXMorohashi
398A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
359Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
360Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
521sakade
247Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
420henshall3
439Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
315Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.6busy_people
672Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1752Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yao4Pinyin reading
yagKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level