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嚼 — 21 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 21 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
シャクしゃく · shaku
Kun
か.むka.mu
Meaning
to chew

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth 口 with 爵 as phonetic: to chew thoroughly.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 咀嚼そしゃく

    chewing; digesting

  • 嚼むかむ

    to chew

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

よく嚼(か)んで食(た)べるよう勧(すす)められた。

I was told to chew my food well.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

咀嚼嚼咀to che…叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!呎foot斫to hew迹a trac…晰clear勣merito…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 口Map of reading シャクAll maps

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