Kanken 1
咀

Meaning

Kanji 咀

bite

bite, eat

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
か.む
Onyomi 音読み
ショソ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
-
Frequency
-
Strokes
8
Radical
-
Components
-
Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
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Related vocabulary

6 common entries

Showing 6 of 6 entries that include this kanji.

咀嚼

そしゃく

chewing

咀嚼運動

そしゃくうんどう

mastication

咀嚼筋

そしゃくきん

muscle of mastication

咀嚼力

そしゃくりょく

chewing power

呪詛

じゅそ

curse

日本咀嚼学会

にっぽんそしゃくがっかい

Japanese Society for Mastication Science and Health Promotion

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼はパンをゆっくり咀んだ。

He chewed the bread slowly.

よく咀んでから飲み込んでください。

Please chew well before swallowing.

子どもは肉を何度も咀んでいた。

The child was chewing the meat over and over.

固い豆を咀むのは少し大変だ。

It is a little hard to chew hard beans.

彼女は一口だけ咀んで味を確かめた。

She took one bite and chewed it to check the taste.