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嚙 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
準1University / general ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
コウ・ゴウこう・ごう · kō · gō
Kun
か.む・か.じるka.mu · ka.jiru
Meaning
bite; chew

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

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

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(むずか)しい話(はなし)を嚙(か)み砕(くだ)いて説明(せつめい)した。

I broke the difficult subject down and explained it.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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