毒 — kanji meaning “poison”
毒
poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
- Meanings
- poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
- On'yomi
- ドク (doku)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1419 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 80
- Chinese reading
- dú — Chinese character page
Words with 毒
| 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 |
| 毒舌 | どくぜつ dokuzetsu | wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language |
| 毒殺 | どくさつ dokusatsu | killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death) |
| 毒ガス | どくガス dokugasu | poison gas |
| 毒薬 | どくやく dokuyaku | poison |
| 毒物 | どくぶつ dokubutsu | poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison |
| 毒素 | どくそ dokuso | toxin; poisonous substance |
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