噛 Bite

Radical Combination

• 口

  Mouth
• 歯

  Tooth

Meaning

Primary

Bite

Alternative

Chew

Mnemonic

Your mouth has a tooth that you use to bite and chew with.

Hints

Imagine that one tooth in your mouth chewing through everything. It's not easy to chew with only one tooth, but luckily yours is huge and razor-sharp, so it helps you to bite and chew your way through anything you like.

Readings

On’yomi

None

Kun’yomi

か, かじ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Your one tooth is so strong that you can even use it to bite and chew up a whole car (か).

Hints

Some people like eating cars, and you're one of them. You can't get enough of those delicious cars. You just bite them apart and chew.