噛 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 15 strokes

Stroke order

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

Meaning

chew, bite, gnaw

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウ
  • ゴウ
Kun (native)
  • か(む)
  • か(じる)
Other languages
  • 拼音nie4
  • 한글gyo
  • Hán-ViệtNiết

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+565B

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口歯

Words using this kanji

  • 噛むかむto bite, to chew, to gnaw, to masticate
  • 噛み付くかみつくto bite (at), to snap at, to snap at (someone), to flare up at
  • 噛柴たむしばwillow-leafed magnolia (Magnolia salicifolia), anise magnolia
  • 噛むしがむto chew (strongly)
  • 噛み傷かみきずbite wound, bite
  • 噛ますかますto force someone to clamp with their teeth, to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag), to wedge into a space, to inflict (a blow)
  • 噛み合うかみあうto mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.), to engage with each other, to meet (of teeth), to occlude
  • 噛み砕くかみくだくto crunch, to masticate, to simplify, to explain plainly
  • 噛み殺すかみころすto suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.), to stifle, to bite to death
  • 噛み切るかみきるto bite off, to gnaw through
  • 噛み潰すかみつぶすto chew up
  • 噛ませるかませるto force someone to clamp with their teeth, to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag), to wedge into a space, to inflict (a blow)
  • 噛み応えかみごたえchewy texture
  • 噛み噛みかみかみwhile fumbling one's words, with a stutter
  • 噛み裂くかみさくto bite and tear apart
  • 噛みこなすかみこなすto chew thoroughly, to masticate, to comprehend, to digest (e.g. an idea)
  • 噛み締めるかみしめるto chew thoroughly, to bite (e.g. one's lip), to reflect upon, to digest
  • 噛み分けるかみわけるto taste, to distinguish, to understand
  • 噛み合わせかみあわせocclusion, bite, engaging or meshing (of gears)
  • 噛みタバコかみタバコchewing tobacco

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(47 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-12
Four Corner
6107.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d15.2
Heisig
2290
Nelson
1012