Kanji Detail for 咥 - "laugh, hold"

咥

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
咥 means "laugh, hold."
1. Laugh - To smile.
2. Hold - To carry in the mouth; to bite gently.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

laugh; chew; eat

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

sound of a cat; bite; laugh

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

gnaw; bite

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

the sound of a cat; to laugh; to bite

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Laughing loudly. (Book of Odes) "She laughed loudly." | To bite. (Book of Changes) "Treading on a tiger's tail, it doesn't bite. Success."
Onyomi

ki(キ)

tetsu(テツ)
Kunyomi

ka.mu(かむ)

kuwa.eru(くわ-える)
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

口 (kuchi・kuchihen)
Related Keywords
laugh smile hold carry mouth bite gently