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毒
JLPT N2 SL5 8 strokes Frequency: #1419

Meanings

Poison, Virus, Venom, Germ, Harm, Injury, Spite

Radicals

母

Decomposition

âŋąéžļ母

Etymology

Pictophonetic: a poisonous plant

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
2 vertical right-to-left
3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
4 horizontal bottom-to-top
5 curve bottom-right-to-top-left
6 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
8 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ドク doku
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

208 words total
Other (20 words)
毒č–ŦæĄé … おくやくじょうこう

poison pill (anti-takeover measure)

毒する おくする

to be a bad influence (on something)

毒čŗĒ おくしつ

toxic property

æēļčĄ€æ€§å°ŋæ¯’į—‡į—‡å€™įž¤ ようけつせいãĢょうおくしょうしょうこうぐん

hemolytic-uremic syndrome

ãƒ™ãƒ­æ¯’į´  ベロおくそ

verotoxin

ボツãƒĒãƒŒã‚šæ¯’į´  ボツãƒĒヌ゚おくそ

botulin

毒針 おくしん

sting (of a bee, etc.)

ä¸­æ¯’æ€§čĄ¨įšŽåŖŠæ­ģį—‡ ãĄã‚…ã†ãŠãã›ã„ã˛ã‚‡ã†ã˛ãˆã—ã—ã‚‡ã†

toxic epidermal necrosis

éŖŸä¸­æ¯’čŒ ã—ã‚‡ããĄã‚…ã†ãŠããã‚“

bacteria capable of causing food poisoning

æ¯’æ€§į‰ŠčŗĒ おくせいãļãŖã—ã¤

toxic (poisonous) substance

æ¯’į”ˇ おくお

lonely heart

有毒ã‚Ŧ゚ ゆうおくã‚Ŧ゚

noxious gas

æ€Ĩ性中毒 ãã‚…ã†ã›ã„ãĄã‚…ã†ãŠã

acute poisoning

į”˛ãŽč–Ŧは䚙ぎ毒 こうぎくすりはおつぎおく

one man's meat is another man's poison

お気ぎ毒ãĢ おきぎおくãĢ

my sympathies

三毒 さんおく

the three kleshas that poison the heart of man (desire, ill will and ignorance)

č‡ĒåŽļä¸­æ¯’į—‡ ã˜ã‹ãĄã‚…ã†ãŠãã—ã‚‡ã†

autointoxication

į´°čŒæ¯’į´  さいきんおくそ

bacterial toxin

įĒ’į´ ä¸­æ¯’ ãĄãŖããĄã‚…ã†ãŠã

nitrogen narcosis

åŧ࿝’ãƒ¯ã‚¯ãƒãƒŗ ã˜ã‚ƒããŠããƒ¯ã‚¯ãƒãƒŗ

attenuated vaccine