咬
Readings
                Kana: 
                コウ、ヨウ、か.む
            
                    
                Romaji: 
                kou, you, ka.mu
            
            Meanings
        bite, gnaw, chew, gear with, dash against
    
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
            Stroke Count: 
            9
        
        
            Radical Number: 
            30
        
        
            Frequency: 
            
        
        
            Grade: 
            
        
        
            Skip Pattern: 
            1-3-6
        
                    
                Korean Reading: 
                gyo
            
                            
                Chinese Reading: 
                yao3
            
                
            Unicode: 
            54ac
        
        
            JIS: 
            527B
        
    Indexes
Nelson Index: 919
                            New Nelson Index: 787
                                                                Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3d6.11
                                                                Four Corner Index: 6004.8
                                                                                                                                                    Daikanwanjiten Index: 3543
                                                                Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0989
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                噛む
            
            
                (かむ)
            
        
        
            to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore); to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.); to mesh; to fit together; to be involved in; to fumble one's words (during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to strongly confute; to argue down; to rebuke; to scold harshly
        
    
            
                噛み傷
            
            
                (かみきず)
            
        
        
            bite (wound)
        
    
            
                不正咬合
            
            
                (ふせいこうごう)
            
        
        
            malocclusion
        
    
            
                蛇に噛まれて朽ち縄に怖じる
            
            
                (へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる)
            
        
        
            once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
        
    
            
                咬筋
            
            
                (こうきん)
            
        
        
            masseter muscle
        
    
            
                噛ます
            
            
                (かます)
            
        
        
            to force something into someone's mouth (i.e. a gag); to wedge something into a space, filling it; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke); to say or do (something stupid); to try (a bluff)
        
    
            
                鼠咬症
            
            
                (そこうしょう)
            
        
        
            ratbite disease
        
    
            
                咬傷
            
            
                (こうしょう)
            
        
        
            biting wound; bite
        
    
            
                余裕をかます
            
            
                (よゆうをかます)
            
        
        
            to feign composure; to act like one has (time, money, strength, etc.) to spare
        
    
            
                咬合面
            
            
                (こうごうめん)
            
        
        
            masticating surface; occlusal surface