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齧 — 21 strokes ／ Radical「齒」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 21 strokes ／ Radical「齒」
On
ゲツ・ケツげつ・けつ · getsu · ketsu
Kun
かじ.る・か.むkaji.ru · ka.mu
Meaning
to gnaw

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Tooth 歯 with a phonetic part: to gnaw away little by little with the teeth.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 齧るかじる

    to gnaw; to dabble in

  • 齧歯類げっしるい

    rodents

More words with this kanji

  • 脛を齧るすねをかじる

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

語学(ごがく)を少(すこ)し齧(かじ)った。

They have dabbled a little in languages.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

齧歯類齧歯類齧歯tooth類kind齟teeth…齠a chil…齣a scen…齦the gu…齪to gra…孒mosqui…孑alone夬to dec…刔to gou…抉to gou…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 齒Map of reading ゲツAll maps

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