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Kanji Detail for 毒 - "poison, toxic"

毒

  • Meaning

    毒 means "poison, toxic." Also associated with cruel.

    1. Poison - A harmful substance.

    2. Toxic - Causing harm.

    3. Cruel - Harsh; severe.

  • Words using 毒

    • 中毒 ちゅうどく Listen poisoning; addiction
    • 毒性 どくせい Listen toxicity; virulence; toxic
    • 消毒 しょうどく Listen disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
    • 毒ガス どくガス Listen poison gas
    • 有毒 ゆうどく Listen poisonous; toxic
    • 食中毒 しょくちゅうどく Listen food poisoning
    • 気の毒 きのどく Listen pitiful; unfortunate; poor
    • 毒薬 どくやく Listen poison

  • Four-character idioms with 毒

    • 以毒制毒 いどくせいどく Listen using poisonous medication to control poison; fighting evil with evil; fighting fire with fire

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    • Verified meaning: poison, toxic
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: cruel
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    poison; virus; venom; germ; harm; injury; spite

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    poison, venom; poisonous

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    poison, venom; drug, narcotic

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

    Evil. As in evil scheme (毒計). | Harm. As in "bringing suffering to living beings" (荼毒生靈). | Anything that can harm people is called 毒. As in venomous snake (毒蛇), poison (毒藥). | Hatred. Extreme resentment is called 憤毒 (bitter hatred). | To govern. Also 亭毒 (ting-tu), meaning to nurture and transform. See Laozi. | 身毒 (Shen-tu). Name of a country. Read as Yuan-tu. This is India (天竺).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    doku(ドク) ドク

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    毋 母 (nakare・hahanokan・haha)

  • Related Keywords

    poison toxic cruel bad harmful venom toxin dangerous hazard lethal noxious severe contamination virulence

Sentences including 毒

  • I feel sorry for her.

  • We are sorry for his mistake.

  • What a pity !

  • I'm sorry for you.

  • She's been poisoned.

  • I feel kind of sorry for him.

  • That's too bad , please take care of yourself.

  • It's too bad she's ill.

  • I couldn't help feeling sorry for him.

  • I feel very sorry for your sister.

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