Japanese symbol for “venomous”
毒々しい
どくどくしい
Romaji: dokudokushii
poisonous; venomous; poisonous-looking
In Japanese, venomous is 毒々しい, read どくどくしい (dokudokushii).
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Meanings
- adj-i poisonous; venomous; poisonous-looking
- adj-i hateful; detestable; loathsome; odious; sickening
- adj-i gaudy; garish; heavy; gross
Written forms: 毒々しい、毒毒しい. Readings: どくどくしい.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中毒 | ちゅうどく chuudoku | poisoning |
| 消毒 | しょうどく shoudoku | disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation |
| 気の毒 | きのどく kinodoku | pitiful; unfortunate; poor |
| 食中毒 | しょくちゅうどく shokuchuudoku | food poisoning |
| 有毒 | ゆうどく yuudoku | poisonous; toxic |
| 毒性 | どくせい dokusei | toxicity; virulence |
See also: Chinese symbol for “venomous”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.