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嘗

嘗 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. なめる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「旨」+音符「尚」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

once, before, formerly, ever, never, ex-, lick, lap up, burn up, taste, undergo, underrate, despise

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウ
  • ジョウ
Kun (native)
  • かつ(て)
  • こころ(みる)
  • な(める)
Other languages
  • 拼音chang2
  • 한글sang
  • Hán-ViệtThường

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+5617

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𠤠日

Words using this kanji

  • 嘗てかつてonce, before, formerly, ever
  • 嘗めなめlick, bottom card of the draw pile, tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison, medicine taster
  • 嘗糞しょうふん糞を嘗めること。 他人に媚び諂い恥を知らないこと。shamelessly flattering, brown-nosing
  • 嘗てないかつてないunprecedented, never seen before
  • 嘗めてかかるなめてかかるto look down on (someone), to make fun of, to put down, to treat with contempt

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(12 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-5-9
Four Corner
9060.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3n11.1
Heisig
2883
Nelson
1369