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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é›ģæŗĸ ãŠãã§ã‚“ãą

radio waves, as sent out and received by people's minds

フグ毒 ãĩぐおく

fugu poison

ä¸­æ¯’č€… ãĄã‚…ã†ãŠãã—ã‚ƒ

addict

æ¯’čŒ おくきん

poison mushroom

æ¯’čˆŒåŽļ おくぜつか

person with a sharp tongue

æļˆæ¯’ᔍã‚ĸãƒĢã‚ŗãƒŧãƒĢ しょうおくようã‚ĸãƒĢã‚ŗãƒŧãƒĢ

rubbing alcohol

毒ãĢもč–ŦãĢもãĒらãĒい おくãĢもくすりãĢもãĒらãĒい

harmless but pointless

æ¯’ã‚’éŖŸã‚‰ã‚ã°įšŋぞで おくをくらわばさらぞで

once you've committed a crime, commit to it

įœŸčŒæ¯’ しんきんおく

mycotoxin

毒éēĻ ãŠãã‚€ãŽ

darnel (Lolium temulentum)

毒įŠē木 おくうつぎ

Coriaria japonica (species of shrub)

中毒性 ãĄã‚…ã†ãŠãã›ã„

poisonous

毒杯 おくはい

cup of poisoned alcohol

å†…æ¯’į´  ãĒいおくそ

endotoxin

毒化 ãŠãŖã‹

toxification

æ¯’čŠš おくぜり

Mackenzie's water hemlock (Cicuta virosa)

毒をäģĨãĻ毒をåˆļす ãŠãã‚’ã‚‚ãŖãĻおくをせいす

fight fire with fire

毒をäģĨãĻ毒をåˆļす ãŠãã‚’ã‚‚ãŖãĻおくをせいす

fight fire with fire

服毒č‡ĒæŽē ãĩくおくじさつ

poison suicide

水毒 すいおく

water poisoning (in traditional Chinese medicine, illnesses caused by excessive water accumulation within the body)