Hanja Analyzer
毒

毒 — dok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
독 독
Romanization
dok
English
poison, venom; poisonous
Mandarin
dú
Japanese on'yomi
ドク, ダイ, トク, タイ
Japanese kun'yomi
そこなう どくする わるい
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#1,419 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
毋 (80, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+6BD2

Parts that make up 毒

  • 龶 획을 겹쳐 이룬 윗머리뜻 없이 글자의 윗머리를 이룬다
  • 毋 어미 모Japanese form of 母 젖을 그린 점을 더한 여자어미와 낳아 기르는 일

How 毒 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 毒 as a phonetic compound involving 屮, 毐.

Korean example words with 毒

  • 맹독猛毒 Korean gloss: 심한 독기
  • 약독藥毒 Korean gloss: 약의 독기
  • 독감毒感 Korean gloss: 지독한 감기
  • 독계毒計 Korean gloss: 악독한 계책
  • 독소毒素 Korean gloss: 해로운 요소
  • 앙독仰毒 Korean gloss: 독약을 먹음
  • 항독抗毒 Korean gloss: 독에 저항함
  • 독주毒酒 Korean gloss: 독약을 탄 술
  • 연독鉛毒 Korean gloss: 납에 있는 독
  • 독심毒心 Korean gloss: 독살스러운 마음
  • 독해毒害 Korean gloss: 독으로 남을 죽임
  • 화독火毒 Korean gloss: 불의 독기(毒氣)

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 毒

  • 毒どく poison; toxicant; venom
  • 中毒ちゅうどく poisoning; addiction
  • 毒性どくせい toxicity; virulence; toxic
  • 消毒しょうどく disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
  • 毒ガスどくガス poison gas
  • 有毒ゆうどく poisonous; toxic
  • 食中毒しょくちゅうどく food poisoning
  • 毒物どくぶつ poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison
  • 猛毒もうどく deadly poison
  • 気の毒きのどく pitiful; unfortunate; poor
  • 毒素どくそ toxin; poisonous substance
  • 毒薬どくやく poison

Other hanja read “독”

Other hanja with radical 毋

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