火药 huǒyào gunpowder

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Traditional: 火藥

Stroke order

火药 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

火药 — the Chinese character for gunpowder (huǒyào), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 火药 — gunpowder

火 — 4 strokes
药 — 9 strokes

Characters in 火药

火 huǒ — fire; urgent; ammunition
药 yào — leaf of the iris; medicine; drug

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

火药 is pronounced huǒyào and means “gunpowder”.

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