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舐

Lick
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingな.める
Level 15

Verbs with «舐»

舐める

Meanings

  1. lick
  2. lap up
  3. burn up
  4. taste
    ここのソースは舐めてみるとちょっと塩っぱい。If you taste this sauce you'll find it a bit salty.tatoeba
  5. undergo
  6. underrate
  7. despise
  1. bottom card of the draw pile
  2. tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison
  3. medicine taster

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Compound words

その子犬は彼女の頬を舐めた。
The puppy licked her on the cheek.tatoeba
たまにはビール以外のお酒をちびちび舐めるのも良いでしょう。
It's nice to sip and savour drinks other than beer as well from time to time.tatoeba
脱水症状には、塩をひと舐め。
For dehydration, take a lick of salt.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.

小学生の時、蝉を舐めていたあの子は今頃どうしているだろうか。
しょうがくせいのとき、せみをなめていたあのこはいまごろどうしているだろうか。I wonder what that kid who used to lick cicadas in primary school is doing now.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Lick. 舌 (tongue) + 氏 — the motion of a tongue.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 舐

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step