Memory phrase for the Kanji: 毒

毒

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Meaning

poison, harm

Pronunciation

 DOKU

Explanation

 Top: growing plant , bottom: mother 母 (= a breastfeeding woman 女 with swollen breasts : )

Mnemonic

Vegetarian (nutrition) for mothers can be poisoning?

Radicals

growing plant
母 motherShows a woman 女 with a longer right stroke ノ and with two dots : which are swollen breasts of a nursing (breast-feeding) woman.
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Vocabulary

 毒  どく  poison, toxicant
 毒性  どくせい  toxicity, virulence
 中毒  ちゅうどく  poisoning
 気の毒  きのどく  pitiful, a pity
 消毒  しょうどく  disinfection, sterilization
 毒殺  どくさつ  to kill by poison

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