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舌 — 6 strokes / Radical「舌」

道
5Elementary year 6 / 6 strokes / Radical「舌」
On
ゼツぜつ · zetsu
Kun
したshita
Meaning
tongue

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A picture of a tongue out of a mouth; what tastes and shapes words — hence "tongue."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゼツぜつzetsu舌端したはじ弁舌べんぜつ筆舌ひつぜつ
Kunしたshita舌した猫舌ねこじた二枚舌にまいじた

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 舌先したさき

    tip of the tongue

  • 毒舌どくぜつ

    sharp tongue

More words with this kanji

  • 饒舌じょうぜつ
  • 舌鋒ぜっぽう
  • 駟も舌に及ばずしもしたにおよばず
  • 鴃舌げきぜつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

熱(あつ)いスープで舌(した)をやいた。

I burnt my tongue on the hot soup.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

舌先毒舌舌先ahead毒poison舐to lic…舒to str…舘hall絶to cea…蜹a gnat
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Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)