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Isa Cuellar
Isa Cuellar
4 years ago

Chinese médecine is known for being herbal, hence why this character has the grass radical above.

Sally Park
Sally Park
4 years ago

this character sounds and looks similar to 约, and the grass radical reminds me of how herbal medicines.

Brooklin Dozier
Brooklin Dozier
3 years ago

Chinese medicine incorporates herbs, therefore, the radical of meaning “grass” is fitting.

Hugo Obori
Hugo Obori
3 years ago

chinese medicine is many times from natural herbes so it comes from grass which. is the radical

Sherab Ghale
Sherab Ghale
2 years ago

It is a herbal “MEDICINE” made out of “GRASS”.

Anar Chuluunbaatar
Anar Chuluunbaatar
2 years ago

The top character is a bamboo and because Chinese are very good at making medicine using plants, I saw it as a part of a medicine ingredient.

柯舒悦
柯舒悦
1 year ago

the character consists of the grass radical and in the past and also now in my culture people like to cure illnesses using herbal medicines.

Maral
Maral
1 year ago

the “grass” radical makes the character easy to remember because most of the medicines are made from herbs.

Nomun Altan-Ochir
Nomun Altan-Ochir
1 year ago

it has a grass radical and the bottom part 约 means to appointment. To combine them, we can think this way people make an appointment with a doctor to get something that comes from grass and nature. (thinking about traditional medicine)

Jonas Ranft
Jonas Ranft
1 year ago

In New York you can buy medicine.

Paula
Paula
1 year ago

The word has the grass radical with relates to herbal medicine, so herbs = grass.

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NYU Shanghai
Nghia Nim
Nghia Nim
10 months ago

You eat herbs because it promises you to get better.

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NYU Abu Dhabi