Kanji1 / 8
毒 kanji
poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ドク
Kun readings
NoneWords with 毒
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —毒毒しいpoisonous; venomous; poisonous-looking; hateful; detestable; loathsome; odious; sickening; gaudy; garish; heavy; gross
- —阿片中毒opium addiction
- —毒イチゴfalse strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha); mock strawberry
- —ふぐ中毒pufferfish poisoning
- —河豚中毒pufferfish poisoning
- —毒ニンジンhemlock (Conium maculatum); poison hemlock
- —毒を以て毒を制すfight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another
- —毒を喰らわば皿までonce you've committed a crime, commit to it; in for a penny, in for a pound; if you've eaten poison, (lick) the plate
- —毒をくらわば皿までonce you've committed a crime, commit to it; in for a penny, in for a pound; if you've eaten poison, (lick) the plate