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毒

Poison
Stroke count: 8

Readings

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JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5Level 15

Meanings

  1. poisonRtK
  2. virus
  3. venom
  4. germ
  5. harm
  6. injury
  7. spite
  1. toxicant
  2. evil influence
  3. ill will

Homonyms

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Same reading (どく)
独 · Germany退く · to step aside

Popular Usage

気の毒消毒

Radicals and components

Radical毋do not
Components
How it's built
毒
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

grow up · mother (母) · breasts

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1651

Compound words

気の毒きのどく
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; miserable; wretched
消毒しょうどく
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
中毒ちゅうどく
poisoning; addiction
毒殺どくさつ
killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)
毒性どくせい
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
毒舌どくぜつ
wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language
毒薬どくやく
poison
有毒ゆうどく
poisonous; toxic
食中毒しょくちゅうどく
food poisoning
毒ガスどくガス
poison gas
煙毒えんどく
smoke pollution
鉛毒えんどく
toxic substance in lead
下毒げどく
detoxification
解毒げどく
detoxification
貝毒かいどく
shellfish poison
害毒がいどく
harm
菌毒きんどく
mushroom poison
激毒げきどく
deadly poison
毒荏どくえ
Japanese tungoil tree (Vernicia cordata)
毒蛾どくが
poisonous moth
毒芹どくぜり
Mackenzie's water hemlock (Cicuta virosa)
毒茸どくキノコ
toadstool
毒苺どくいちご
false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha)
痳毒りんどく
gonorrhoea

Additional Examples

彼は毒を飲んで自殺した。
He killed himself by taking poison.tatoeba
彼は絶望のあまり、服毒自殺した。
He lost hope and killed himself by taking poison.tatoeba
彼は私に毒舌を浴びせた。
He showered abuse on me.tatoeba
彼は妻を毒殺したと言われている。
He is alleged to have poisoned his wife.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Poison. 龶 (plant) + 母 (mother) — a plant that grows thick but poisons.

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