漢字道KANJIDO

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On
コウ・ゴウ
Kun
か.む・か.じる
Meaning
bite; chew

Origin

ORIGIN

Mouth with 齒 "teeth": to take something between the teeth — to bite.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 嚙むかむ

    to bite; to chew

  • 嚙み砕くかみくだく

    to chew up; to simplify

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

難しい話を嚙み砕いて説明した。

I broke the difficult subject down and explained it.

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