9 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

laugh, chew, eat

Kun'yomi
  • to hold in one's mouth
On'yomi
  • テツ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

laugh, chew, eat
テツ キ か.む (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)

References

Unicode hex code 54A5
JIS X 0208 1-50-90
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 773
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 3534
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d6.8
Four corner code 6101.4