舌 – tongue, reed, clapper

6 strokesTaught in grade 6#1830 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 舌 means tongue, reed, clapper. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゼツ (zetsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is した (shita). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 舌 (no. 135).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゼツ	zetsu
Kun’yomi	した	shita

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: 舌 (Kangxi radical 135). Components: 口.

Words using 舌

舌したtongue

Example sentences

コーヒーは舌が焼けるほど熱かった。

The coffee was so hot that I nearly burned my tongue.

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