火药

Traditional form:

火藥

Pinyin (reading):

huǒyào

Definitions:

• gunpowder

Characters:

• 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
• 药 - drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant

Traditional characters:

• 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
• 藥 - drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant