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KanjiN2Grade 5 · 小58 strokesRadical 毋

毒 · poison, virus

毒 is a kanji meaning poison, virus, venom, germ. It has 8 strokes and is on the JLPT N2 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ドクdoku

Kun'yomi · Japanese

None in KANJIDIC2.

Practise the N2 kanji

In 第13巻 JLPT N2, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 毒 · 5 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 毒
WordReadingMeaningLevel
気の毒きのどくpitiful, a pityN3
毒どくpoison, toxicantN3
お気の毒におきのどくにI'm sorry to hear that…N2
消毒しょうどくdisinfectionN2
中毒ちゅうどくpoisoningN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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