The kanji 舌: meaning, readings and stroke order
舌
- Meaning
- tongue
- On reading
- ゼツ zetsu
- Kun reading
- した shita
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 舌 tongue
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cái lưỡi (thiệt)
- Japanese
- した。
- Korean
- 혀 (설)
- Chinese
- 舌头
Readings, words and example sentences
ゼツ zetsu · on reading · less common
毒舌
sharp tongue, harsh words
毒舌で 有名な 人です。
This person is famous for saying harsh things.
した shita · kun reading
舌
tongue
熱い スープで 舌を やけどしました。
I burned my tongue on hot soup.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.