HSK 2 · Health

药店

yào diàn

pharmacy

Stroke order of 药店

2 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

药 · 9 strokes 店 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

药 has grass 艹 for herbs; 店 is a shop 广 with 占 stock on display.

Parts: 药 medicine + 店 shop

The characters in 药店

药 yào — medicine (9 strokes)
店 diàn — shop; store (8 strokes)

Example sentence

附近有一家药店。

There is a pharmacy nearby.

Words with 药

药medicine 药片pill; tablet 药水liquid medicine

Words with 店

饭店restaurant; hotel 商店shop; store 书店bookstore 酒店hotel; restaurant 店shop; store

More words: Health

健康health; healthy 疼to hurt; painful 舒服comfortable; well 难受to feel unwell; unbearable 药medicine 药片pill; tablet 药水liquid medicine 西医Western medicine 中医traditional Chinese medicine 住院to be in hospital 出院to leave hospital 检查to check; to examine 安全safe; safety 平安safe and sound

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