Kanji 嚙

嚙

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Radical: ⼝ (30)

Strokes: 18

On:

コウ、ゴウ

kou, gou

Kun:

か.む、か.じる

ka.mu, ka.jiru

Reading in names:

Meanings:

bite, gnaw

Kanji shape:

Kanji elements: 人, 凵, 口, 止

Variants: 噛

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噛む

かむ

kamu

to bite; to chew;to gnaw;to masticate; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.);to falter with one's words;to stutter;to stammer; to crash against (e.g. of waves);to break onto (shore); to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.);to mesh;to fit together; to be involved in; to convince;to persuade

жевать; кусать; 1) кусать; грызть; 2) жевать; 3) (тех.) быть (находиться) в зацеплении, зацепляться

歯噛み

はがみ

hagami

grinding of the teeth;involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding;bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation;gnashing one's teeth;gritting one's teeth

Reading in other languages

Korean (latin): gyo

Pinyin: nie4

Vietnam: Giảo, Khiết, Niết, Rỉ

Encoding

BIG5: EF BF

DECIMAL: 22169

HEX: 5699

JIS_LEVEL: 3

MINKUTEN: 1-15-26

UTF16: 5699

UTF8: E5 9A 99

Dictionary indexes

Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 2013): 988

Morohashi Daikanwajiten: 4516

The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary (John Haig): 921

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