咬

9 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

bite, gnaw, chew, gear with, dash against

Kun'yomi
  • かむ
    		to bite ②to chew ③to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.) ④to crash against (e.g. of waves)
On'yomi
  • コウ
  • ヨウ

Main Radical

口(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

かむ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

bite, gnaw, chew
か.む　コウ　ヨウ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
mingle, mixing, association
コウ　-か.う　まじ.わる (2nd, N3)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
father
ちち　フ (2nd, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 54AC
JIS X 0208 1-50-91
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 919
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 787
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 3543
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d6.11
Four corner code 6004.8