yào

Meanings

  1. leaf of the iris
  2. medicine
  3. drug
  4. substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
  5. CL:種|种[zhǒng],服[fù],味[wèi]
  6. to poison

Quick facts

Traditional
Strokes9
HSK LevelHSK 2
CEFRA2

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