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司药

sī yào

2-character word Traditional 司藥

What 司药 means

pharmacist

The characters in 司药

司sīto take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
药yàoleaf of the iris; variant of 药

Sounds the same

Read sī yào, tone for tone, but written differently.

私钥(cryptography) private key

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