Onyomi: ドク · Kunyomi: - · Meanings: germ, harm, injury, poison, spite, venom, virus
Kanji for germ, harm, injury, poison, spite
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毒 is formed as a top–bottom structure. The bottom part is 母, which originally represents a substance or source. The top mark adds the idea of something added or altered. Together, they show a substance that has been changed into something harmful. From this structure, 毒 came to mean poison or something toxic.
毒 shows a harmful substance, meaning poison.
Think of a substance (母) that has something added on top, changing it into something dangerous. That altered, harmful substance is 毒. Remember 毒 as poison that can cause harm.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 毒 | どく | poison, toxicant | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 毒性 | どくせい | toxicity, virulence | common Noun |
| 毒物 | どくぶつ | poisonous substance, toxic substance, poison | Noun |
| 毒舌 | どくぜつ | wicked tongue, sharp tongue, abusive language | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 毒殺 | どくさつ | killing by poisoning, killing with poison, poisoning (to death) | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 毒する | どくする | to be a bad influence (on something), to corrupt, to poison | Suru verb - special class, Transitive verb |
| 毒菌 | どくきん | poison mushroom | Noun |
| 毒舌家 | どくぜつか | person with a sharp tongue | Noun |
| 毒々しい | どくどくしい | poisonous, venomous, poisonous-looking | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 毒づく | どくづく | to curse (at someone), to call someone names, to speak bitterly | Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb |