噛

15 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

chew, bite, gnaw

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)
  • かじる
    		to gnaw ②to dabble in
On'yomi
  • コウ
  • ゴウ

Main Radical

口(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

かむかじる 100.0%

Character Breakdown

chew, bite, gnaw
か.む　コウ (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
tooth, cog
は　シ　よわい (3rd, N3)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ　こめ　マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン (Kentei 1)

Common Words

か
噛
　
む
to bite ②to chew ③to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.) ④to crash against (e.g. of waves)
か
噛
　
み
つ
付
　
く
to bite (at) ②to snap at (someone)
か
噛
　
み
し
締
　
め
　
る
to chew thoroughly ②to reflect upon
か
噛
　
み
あ
合
　
う
to engage (with) ②to bite each other ③to be on the same wavelength
か
噛
　
み
ころ
殺
　
す
to stifle a smile, yawn, etc. ②to bite to death
か
噛
　
ま
　
せ
いぬ
犬
foil
か
噛
　
み
わ
分
　
け
　
る
to taste
にが
苦
むし
虫
　
を
か
噛
　
み
つぶ
潰
　
し
　
た
　
よ
　
う
sour (expression)
あま
甘
が
噛
　
み
play-biting (e.g. by pets)
は
歯
が
噛
　
み
grinding of the teeth ②grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
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References

Unicode hex code 565B
JIS X 0208 1-19-90
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1012
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 888
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 885
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2172
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2290
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 4516X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d15.2
Four corner code 6107.2