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
- —薫蒸消毒fumigation
- —先天梅毒congenital syphilis
- —働き中毒workaholic
- —毒キノコtoadstool; poisonous mushroom
- —毒々しいpoisonous; venomous; poisonous-looking; hateful; detestable; loathsome; odious; sickening; gaudy; garish; heavy; gross
- —麻薬中毒drug addiction
- —自家中毒autointoxication; autotoxemia; cyclic vomiting syndrome
- —水銀中毒mercury poisoning
- —青酸中毒cyanide poisoning
- —煮沸消毒sterilization by boiling; sterilisation by boiling
- —毒のあるpoisonous; toxic; noxious; malicious; spiteful; hurtful
- —毒を盛るto poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
- —亜鉛中毒zinc poisoning
- —薬物中毒medicinal poisoning; chemical poisoning; drug poisoning; drug addiction
- —ガス中毒gas poisoning
- —同毒療法homeopathy
- —アオコ毒poisonous algae bloom (often green in color)
- —以毒制毒using poisonous medication to control poison; fighting evil with evil; fighting fire with fire
- —活字中毒addiction to the printed word; addiction to reading; reading addict; obsessive reader
- —毒薬条項poison pill (anti-takeover measure)