Kanji

毒

poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

毋部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ドク

Common Readings

ドク

Example sentences

毒 どく
フグには強力な毒がある。

Pufferfish have a powerful poison.

触手 しょくしゅ
クラゲの触手には毒があるので注意してください。

Jellyfish have tentacles that contain poison, so please be careful.

気の毒 きのどく
家を火事で失うなんて、本当にお気の毒な話だ。

Losing one's house in a fire is a truly pitiful story.

消毒 しょうどく
怪我をしたら、まず消毒してください

If you get injured, please disinfect it first.

剤 ざい
棚には消毒剤が一つある。

There is one bottle of disinfectant on the shelf.

毒づく どくづく
彼は不機嫌になると、周囲の人に対して毒づく癖がある。

He has a habit of swearing at people around him when he gets in a bad mood.

猛毒 もうどく
フグの肝臓には猛毒が含まれている。

Blowfish livers contain deadly poison.

中毒 ちゅうどく
彼はゲーム中毒で、毎日何時間もプレイしている。

He is addicted to games, playing for hours every day.

阿片 あへん
彼は阿片の中毒になってしまった

He became addicted to opium.

毒殺 どくさつ
政敵の毒殺を企てた男は、裁判で重い刑を受けた。

The man who plotted to poison his political rival was given a severe sentence at trial.

Example Vocabulary

毒

どく

poison; toxin; harm

気の毒

きのどく

pitiful; unfortunate; sorry

消毒

しょうどく

disinfection; sterilization

毒づく

どくづく

to abuse verbally; to swear at; to curse

猛毒

もうどく

deadly poison; highly toxic substance

中毒

ちゅうどく

poisoning; addiction

毒殺

どくさつ

poisoning someone to death; killing by poison

毒物

どくぶつ

toxic substance; poisonous material

解毒

げどく

detoxification; detox

毒舌

どくぜつ

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