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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
- —鼠毒rat-bite fever; sodoku
- —毒化toxification; turning toxic; turning poisonous
- —毒芹Mackenzie's water hemlock (Cicuta virosa)
- —蠱毒poisoning someone
- —水毒water poisoning (in traditional Chinese medicine, illnesses caused by excessive water accumulation within the body)
- —毒女single woman; spinster
- —身毒India
- —毒鱓giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus)
- —毒親toxic parent; parent who interferes excessively in their children's lives
- —淋毒gonorrhoea; gonorrhea; the clap
- —毒魳great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)
- —毒餌poisonous bait
- —毒棘poisonous spine; venomous spine
- —毒毛poisonous hair; urticating hair; urticating bristles
- —蠧毒insect damage (to crops, clothing, etc.); harm; damage; blight
- —除毒removal of poison; purification (e.g. of water)
- —毒霧Asian mist (illegal maneuver); evil fog
- —蜂毒bee venom; bee poison
- —強毒high toxicity; high virulence
- —毒煙toxic smoke; toxic fumes; noxious fumes; poisonous gas