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咬

咬 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かむ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「口」+音符「交」。「かむ」を意味する漢語｛咬｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

bite, gnaw, chew, gear with, dash against

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウ
  • ヨウ
Kun (native)
  • か(む)
Other languages
  • 拼音yao3
  • 한글gyo
  • Hán-ViệtGiảo

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+54AC

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口交

Words using this kanji

  • 咬傷こうしょうヒトや動物に咬まれてできた傷。bite wound, bite
  • 咬筋こうきんmasseter muscle
  • 咬痙こうけい口の筋肉が硬直、痙攣し、食いしばるように開かなくなる状態。lockjaw, trismus
  • 咬創こうそう人や動物に咬まれたきず。bite wound, bite
  • 咬合こうごう上下の歯の嚙み合わせ。occlusion
  • 咬頭こうとうcusp (of a tooth)
  • 咬耗こうもうattrition, occlusal wear
  • 咬合面こうごうめんmasticating surface, occlusal surface
  • 咬𠺕吧ジャガタラJakarta, Java, potato (Solanum tuberosum)
  • 咬合器こうごうきarticulator
  • 咬耗症こうもうしょうattrition, occlusal wear
  • 咬合力こうごうりょくocclusal force, biting force, bite force

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-6
Four Corner
6004.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d6.11
Nelson
919