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毒 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「毋」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「毋」
On
ドクどく · doku
Kun
—
Meaning
poison; harm

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Rank growing grass with 毋 "do not"; a plant grown harmful to people — hence "poison."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onドクどくdoku毒薬どくやく毒舌どくぜつ中毒ちゅうどく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 毒物どくぶつ

    poisonous substance

  • 消毒しょうどく

    disinfection

More words with this kanji

  • 毒舌どくぜつ
  • 狠毒こんどく
  • 毒どく
  • 毒蛇どくへび
  • 蠱毒こどく
  • 酖毒ちんどく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

けがをした所(ところ)を消毒(しょうどく)した。

I disinfected the injured spot.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

消毒毒物毒消exting…物thing毋do not独alone読to rea…髑a skul…
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Compound

Radical

Reading

Map of radical 毋Map of reading ドクAll maps

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