噛 – chew, bite, gnaw

15 strokes#2399 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 噛 means chew, bite, gnaw. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ、ゴウ (kou, gou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is か.む、か.じる (kamu, kajiru). It is written with 15 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	コウ	kou
On’yomi	ゴウ	gou
Kun’yomi	か.む	kamu
Kun’yomi	か.じる	kajiru

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: 口・止・歯・米.

Words using 噛

噛むかむto bite噛み切るかみきるto bite off

Example sentences

爪を噛むのはよしなさい。

Don't bite your nails.

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噛むと痛いですか。

Does it hurt when you chew?

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サメがその男の足を噛み切った。

A shark snapped the man's leg off.

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Kanji with the same radical

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