药
Meaning
- medicine
- drug
- substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
Measure word
种 zhǒng or 服 fù or 味 wèi
Example sentence
良药苦口。
Good medicine is bitter to the mouth.
The character 药
药 is 艹, grass, over 约: medicine as something gathered from plants. 吃药 is how you take it — eaten, not taken — with 药店 the pharmacy, 药片 the tablet, 药水 the liquid.