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唾

唾 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. つば、つばき。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「口」+音符「垂」。「つば」を意味する漢語｛唾｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

saliva, sputum

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ダJHS
  • タ
Kun (native)
  • つばJHS
  • つばき
Other languages
  • 拼音tuo4
  • 한글ta
  • Hán-ViệtThóa

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+553E

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口垂

Words using this kanji

  • 唾つば（つば・つばき）口内で食物を嚥下しやすくしたり、消化の一部を促進するため、口内に分泌される体液。saliva, spit, spittle
  • 唾液だえき唾液腺から口に分泌される液体。消化を助ける働きがある。つば。saliva, sputum
  • 唾棄だきを吐きように、、こと。軽蔑と憎悪。disdain, contempt, scorn, abhorrence
  • 唾壺だこspittoon
  • 唾腺だせん唾液腺のこと。salivary gland
  • 唾くつばくto spit
  • 唾液腺だえきせん口腔や咽頭に開口する唾液を分泌する腺。salivary gland
  • 唾するつばするto spit
  • 唾を吐くつばをはくto spit
  • 唾液分泌だえきぶんぴつsalivation, secretion of saliva
  • 唾腺染色体だせんせんしょくたいsalivary-gland chromosome
  • 唾をつけるつばをつけるto call dibs, to establish a claim
  • 唾棄すべきだきすべきdetestable, despicable, abhorrent
  • 唾液腺染色体だえきせんせんしょくたいsalivary-gland chromosome
  • 唾液アミラーゼだえきアミラーゼsalivary amylase

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

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