Kanji

舐

舐

lick, lap up, burn up, taste, undergo, underrate, despise

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

舌部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

シ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ねぶる, なめる

Example sentences

舐める なめる
子猫 が 親猫 の 耳 を 舐めている 。

A kitten is licking its parent cat's ear.

舌先 したさき
彼 は 舌先 で アイスクリーム を 舐めた 。

He licked the ice cream with the tip of his tongue.

舐め尽くす なめつくす
山火事 が 麓 の 町 を 舐め尽くした

The forest fire completely consumed the town at the foot of the mountain.

Example Vocabulary

舐める

なめる

to lick; to suck; to experience; to underestimate

舐め回す

なめまわす

舐め取る

なめとる

舐めまわす

なめまわす

舐る

ねぶる

舌舐めずり

したなめずり

ひと舐め

ひとなめ

舐め尽くす

なめつくす

to lick all over; to consume (by fire)

一舐め

ひとなめ

舐

なめ

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