毒 – poison, virus, venom

8 strokesTaught in grade 5#1419 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 毒 means poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ドク (doku). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 毋 (no. 80).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ドク	doku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 毋 (Kangxi radical 80). Components: 土・母・亠・毋・二.

Words using 毒

毒どくpoison気の毒きのどくpitiful消毒しょうどくdisinfectionお気の毒におきのどくにmy sympathies中毒ちゅうどくpoisoning

Example sentences

この魚は毒がない。

This fish is free from poison.

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私たちはその老夫婦を気の毒に思った。

We were sorry for the old couple.

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お姉さんのことはたいへんお気の毒に思います。

I feel very sorry for your sister.

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Kanji with the same radical

毎母

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