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咬 — 9 strokes / Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 9 strokes / Radical「口」
On
コウ・ヨウこう・よう · kō · yō
Kun
か.むka.mu
Meaning
to bite

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth 口 with 交 as phonetic: to close the teeth on something.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 咬合こうごう

    occlusion; bite (of teeth)

  • 咬むかむ

    to bite

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

歯(は)の咬合(こうごう)を診(み)てもらった。

I had my bite examined.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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