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Reading

Kana: ドク
Romaji: doku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

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

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  80
Frequency:  1419
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  2-4-4
Korean Reading:  dog
Chinese Reading:  du2
Unicode:  6bd2
JIS:  4647

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2428
Nelson Index: 2468
New Nelson Index: 3007
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a8.14
Four Corner Index: 5050.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 559
Gakken Index: 1165
Daikanwanjiten Index: 16730
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0797
Remembering the kanji Index: 1531
Kanji Flashcards Index: 659
Kodansha Compact Index: 1145
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 588
Kanji in Context Index: 788
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1571
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2150
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1545
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1651
Essential Kanji Index: 418
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3082
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1447
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 686
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 513

Words

(どく)
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite; malice; abusive language
毒性 (どくせい)
toxicity; toxic; virulence; virulent
消毒 (しょうどく)
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
有毒 (ゆうどく)
poisonous; toxic
毒物 (どくぶつ)
poison
中毒 (ちゅうどく)
poisoning; addiction
毒殺 (どくさつ)
poisoning; kill by poison
毒舌 (どくぜつ)
wicked tongue; abusive language
食中毒 (しょくちゅうどく)
food poisoning
毒素 (どくそ)
toxin
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