唾 – saliva, sputum

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)N1 vocabulary

The kanji 唾 means saliva, sputum. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ダ、タ (da, ta); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つば、つばき (tsuba, tsubaki). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ダ	da
On’yomi	タ	ta
Kun’yomi	つば	tsuba
Kun’yomi	つばき	tsubaki

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: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: ｜・ノ・一・口.

Words using 唾

唾つばsaliva

Example sentences

吐いた唾は飲めぬ。

A word, once out, flies everywhere.

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Kanji with the same radical

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