どく
毒
み
味

noun, takes する, transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. tasting (food or drink) for poison.
  2. checking the taste (of a dish), seeing how something tastes.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
どく
毒
み
味
毒味 どくみ
どく
毒
み
見
毒見 どくみ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

poison, virus, venom
ドク (5th, N2)
life, (生 variant)
do not, must not, be not
ブ ム はは (Kentei 1)
flavor, taste
ミ あじ (3rd, N4)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
un-, not yet, hitherto
ミ いま.だ ビ (4th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)