Meanings

Tongue, Reed, Clapper

Radicals

舌

Decomposition

⿱千口

Etymology

Pictographic: A tongue 千 sticking out of a mouth 口

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-to-top

3 vertical right-to-left

4 vertical bottom-to-top

5 corner bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ゼツ zetsu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

した shita

Words Using This Kanji

95 words total

Other (15 words)

舌触りの良いしたざわりのよい

soft and pleasant on the tongue

舌側矯正ぜっそくきょうせい

lingual orthodontics (e.g. braces)

舌側ぜっそく

lingual (in dentistry)

舌歯音ぜっしおん

linguadental consonant

laminal consonant

boastful (language)

long talk

burning mouth syndrome

tongue thrust

radula

lingual artery

sublingual artery

lingular artery

unclear speech

evil tongue

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