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歯

tooth
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingよわい、は、よわ.い、よわい.する

Meanings

  1. toothRtK
  2. cog
  1. teeth
  2. tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.)
  3. support (of a geta)

Homonyms

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Popular Usage

歯医者

Radicals and components

Radical止stop
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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stop (止) · footprint (止) · bag of rice · shovel

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1255

Compound words

その赤ちゃんは歯が生えはじめている。は
The baby is cutting his teeth.tatoeba
彼は素早く起きて、冷たい水で顔を洗い、歯をみがいて、ひげをそった。
He got up quickly, splashed cold water on his face, brushed his teeth, and shaved.tatoeba
彼は歯磨きをチューブから絞り出した。
He squeezed the toothpaste out of a tube.tatoeba
彼は歯医者に行った。
He went to the dentist.tatoeba
彼は歯を抜いてもらった。
He had his tooth pulled.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

歯磨き粉は高いと効果があると思う。
はみがきこはたかいとこうかがあるとおもう。I think expensive toothpaste works better.
この兵器では歯が立たない
このへいきでははがたたないThis weapon is no match for it.
友達と一緒だから歯止めがきかなくなる
ともだちといっしょだからはどめがきかなくなるWhen I'm with friends, I can't stop.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 歯

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