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咀 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
ソ・ショそ・しょ · so · sho
Kun
か.むka.mu
Meaning
to chew

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth 口 with 且 as phonetic: to break food down with the mouth.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 咀嚼そしゃく

    chewing; digesting (an idea)

  • 咀むかむ

    to chew

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

話(はなし)の中身(なかみ)をよく咀嚼(そしゃく)して答(こた)えた。

They digested the substance of the talk before answering.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

咀嚼咀嚼to che…叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!抒to dra…沮to blo…苴a stra…泝to go…杼a shut…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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